Tuesday 15 April 2008

Bank of England fails to meet inflation target (again)


It is a mark of how desperate the calls for a rate cut have become. Today, the CPI was flat, but well above the 2 percent BoE target. Yet, the news was welcomed as a sign that the Bank will feel confident enough to cut rates further.

Take a guess how many months in the last two years that the BoE actually met its inflation target? It has met it in 3 out of 24 months.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You seem disappointed that inflation hasn't gone up.

Anonymous said...

More like disappointed the BoE is consistently failing in the only target it has.

Nick

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

"Take a guess how many months in the last two years that the BoE actually met its inflation target? It has met it in 3 out of 24 months."

Since the target is CPI = 2% +/1%, it looks like its meeting its target 90+% of the time.

Anonymous said...

If inflation really was at 2.5% it might not be so bad but don't tell me that anyone is buying that?

Anonymous said...

The target is not 2% +-1. The target is 2%. Check, and you'll see.

Jonesy1989 said...

Hi, I need to know the governments most recent inflation target - im doing an events management degree and this comes into my business module but i dont have a clue!!
Please e-mail me at jonesyel89@hotmail.com with the site you got it from so i dont feel like too much of cheat!
Id really appreciate it
Em x