英國央行貨幣政策委員會投票決定將基準利率維持在0.5%不變,這是該行連續第25個月維持利率在歷史低位,該委員會同時決定維持定量寬松計劃下2000億英鎊的國債購買規模不變。受經濟疲軟和通脹風險加劇雙重威脅的英國未來貨幣政策將如何,超寬松的貨幣政策還能撐多久?
IanM cCafferty,CBI chief econom ic advi-ser said,“T
heshort-term datacontinuetocloudthe issue,but there are grow ingrisks
ofinflationbecom ingm oreingrainedas firm s at-tem ptto bolstertheirprofitm
arginsandem ployees seekhigher w age rises inthe face of sharplyincreasedcosts
of energyandcom m odi-ties.”
英國工業聯合會(C B
I)首席經濟學家IanM cC
afferty表示,“短期數據依然為利率決策蒙上陰影,但面臨不斷上漲的大宗商品成本,企業努力擴大利潤,員工也試圖爭取工資上漲,通貨膨脹的風險還在繼續增長。”(英國BBC新聞網站)
T hem ost likelyscenariois that therew
illbenorateriseuntil M ayat theearliest,thefirst m eetingat w hichtheM PC w ill
havehadthebenefit of seeingG D P figures for thefirstquarterof theyear. A ssum
ing they do notsh ow that the U K has slipped furtherbackw ards,the date
shouldgive reassurance tothosew ithhaw kishinstincts ontheM PC thata rate rise w
on’t strangle the
recovery.
最有可能出現的情況就是英國央行最早于5月加息,因為到時英國央行貨幣政策委員會將獲知今年第一季度G D
P數字,如果數字顯示英國經濟沒有繼續后退,該委員會強烈反對加息的委員的態度將有所緩和。(英國《獨立報》)
T heO fficeforN ational StatisticssaidFridaythat output
prices,those chargedat thefactorygate,rose 5.3% from a year earlier. Itw
asthehighest ratesinceO ctober2008andaboveJanuary’s 5.0% inflationrate. H
igheroutput prices from producers w ill put pressureonretailers toincrease their
ow nprices,poss-iblyfuelingfurther rises intheconsum
er-priceindexandspurringtheBO E totightenm
onet-arypolicy.
英國國家統計辦公室上周五表示,企業出廠價格2月較上一年增長了5.3%,這是自2008年10月以來的最快增幅,高于1月的5.0%。出廠價格的上漲增加了零售商的漲價壓力,有可能進一步引發消費者價格指數的上漲,使英國央行收緊貨幣政策。(《華爾街日報》)
Further clues ontheinterest-rateoutlookw ill com e next
T uesdayw ithpublicationof of-ficial U K consum erpricesdataforFebruary.Figures
last m onthshow edannual U K C PI in-flationrosefrom 3.7% inD ecem ber to4%
inJanuary - tw icethe2% target set fortheBankof Englandbythe
Treasury.
將于本周二公布的消費者價格指數將提供判斷利率前景的更多線索。此前數字顯示英國去年12月和今年1月的消費者價格指數分別達到3.7%和4%,遠遠超過央行預定的2%的目標。(英國《獨立報》)
T he B ritish C ham bers ofC om m erce(BC C )w elcom
edthecentral bank’s decisiontoleave rates onholdbut saidthat
ongoingspeculationover interest rates couldharm business.“WhiletheM PC cannot
forecast itsfutureactions,the w ayit currentlycom m unicates
cancreateuncertainty. T heM PC m ust address thisinorder to give businesses andm
arket analystsagreater degreeof predictability.”saidD avidK ern,chief econom ist
at the BCC .
英國商會對央行決定表示歡迎,但同時也表示對于市場對于未來利率變化的猜想有可能對工商業不利。B C
C首席經濟學家D avid K ern表示,“盡管央行貨幣政策委員會目前無法預測未來的決策,但與市場的交流方式將產生巨大的不確定性,MP
C應該給市場一定程度的可預測性。”(英國BBC新聞網站)