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BoE's Ramsden: Unusually subdued growth in wages appears to be coming to an end

Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden has recently delivered a prepared speech with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.

  • MPC's view that UK economic slowdown in early 2018 was temporary appears to have been borne out by recent data.
  • UK GDP growth to resume at steady but unspectacular pace, conditional on smooth transition to eventual post-Brexit arrangement.
  • Even subdued pace of growth is enough to exceed lower economic speed limit of around 1.5 pct.
  • Our view of outlook and prescription for monetary policy remains conditional on data.
  • Optimistic about technology leading to productivity gains and potentially higher, non-inflationary, wage growth.
  • Backed MPC view in may that ongoing tightening of monetary policy appropriate if economy develops as expected.
  • Inflation persistently above target and sustained period of excess demand would represent a failure to meet our remit.
  • The period of unusually subdued growth in wages appears to be coming to an end.

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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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