BoE’s Greene: Cautious, steady-as-she goes approach to monetary policy easing is appropriate


Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Megan Greene said on Wednesday that a “cautious, steady-as-she-goes approach to monetary policy easing is appropriate.”

Additional quotes

Some slack in the economy needs to open up in order to return inflation sustainably to target over the medium-term.

Indicators of inflationary persistence have broadly been moving in the right direction.

Appropriate to take a gradual approach to removing restrictiveness.

Cautious, steady-as-she goes approach to monetary policy easing is appropriate.

Will be looking for incoming data to provide evidence that the risk of persistent inflation pressure is diminishing.

Wage growth has fallen but remains above what our suite of models can explain.

Risks to activity are to the upside, which could suggest that the long run neutral rate is higher.

Market reaction

The Pound Sterling fails to find inspiration from the prudent remarks by the BoE policymaker, with GBP/USD losing 0.25% on the day to trade near 1.3380, as of writing.

British Pound PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of British Pound (GBP) against listed major currencies today. British Pound was the weakest against the Euro.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   -0.08% 0.23% 0.52% -0.03% 0.15% 0.30% 0.23%
EUR 0.08%   0.32% 0.60% 0.06% 0.24% 0.41% 0.32%
GBP -0.23% -0.32%   0.25% -0.26% -0.09% 0.04% 0.00%
JPY -0.52% -0.60% -0.25%   -0.55% -0.37% -0.22% -0.28%
CAD 0.03% -0.06% 0.26% 0.55%   0.18% 0.34% 0.27%
AUD -0.15% -0.24% 0.09% 0.37% -0.18%   0.17% 0.09%
NZD -0.30% -0.41% -0.04% 0.22% -0.34% -0.17%   -0.08%
CHF -0.23% -0.32% -0.00% 0.28% -0.27% -0.09% 0.08%  

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the British Pound from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent GBP (base)/USD (quote).

 

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