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singular_me
20th September 2015, 10:24 AM
meanwhile in the USA, the fed decided to continue the zero-interest rate policy, what I read a few days ago
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Negative interest rates could be necessary to protect UK economy, says Bank of England chief economist
20th September 2015

‘The Bank of England may need to push its interest rates into negative territory to fight off the next recession, its chief economist has said.

Andy Haldane, one of the Bank’s nine interest rate setters, made the case for the “radical” option of supporting the economy with negative interest rates, and even suggested that cash could have to be abolished.

He said that the “the balance of risks to UK growth, and to UK inflation at the two-year horizon, is skewed squarely and significantly to the downside”.’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/11874061/Negative-interest-rates-could-be-necessary-to-protect-UK-economy-says-Bank-of-England-chief-economist.html