Report inflation
Introduction
As MPC’s official meeting is held in every August, Committee noted that high tensions from euro area, weak output growth and huge fall in inflation, causing huge possibility to fall below targeted level lesser than 2.4%. Several factors could be taken into account to affect the inflation level in the future, such as, pace of demand recovery associated with supply movements, spare capacity weighs on costs and prices, change in exchange rate and path of commodity prices.
There are several judgements made by the Committee regarding on the inflation levels such as projections on rise of GDP in 4th quarter of 2012 despite it has fallen over the first half of 2012; assumptions on adjustments made by euro area affecting UK economy while growth in euro area is likely to remain weak; weak productivity growth due to lack of sufficient funds for companies; and positive impact from the launched of FLS and expansion in asset purchase programme that could bring into the economy. One of the best judgements is that MPC assumed GDP growth and inflation would increase by having the Bank Rate of 0.5%. The MPC focuses on several economy growth indicators such as developments in the world economy, mainly the euro –area, change in exchange rate, impact of introduction of FLS to credit conditions and real economy ,evolution of primary productivity growth, and effects of rise in MPC asset purchases, from £325billion to £375billion. Moving on to judgements on inflation, Committee further the focus on indicators of commodity prices, degree of spare capacity in the economy, and evolution of companies’ labour costs and prices.
Actions had been taken by MPC to bring back the economy on the right track. Firstly, the Funding Lending Scheme (FLS) could loosen the problem of tight credit condition. As bank funding costs was much higher even before the crisis, balance sheet has to been repaired due to the sharp fall in lending to private sector. FLS made ways for banks to
As MPC’s official meeting is held in every August, Committee noted that high tensions from euro area, weak output growth and huge fall in inflation, causing huge possibility to fall below targeted level lesser than 2.4%. Several factors could be taken into account to affect the inflation level in the future, such as, pace of demand recovery associated with supply movements, spare capacity weighs on costs and prices, change in exchange rate and path of commodity prices.
There are several judgements made by the Committee regarding on the inflation levels such as projections on rise of GDP in 4th quarter of 2012 despite it has fallen over the first half of 2012; assumptions on adjustments made by euro area affecting UK economy while growth in euro area is likely to remain weak; weak productivity growth due to lack of sufficient funds for companies; and positive impact from the launched of FLS and expansion in asset purchase programme that could bring into the economy. One of the best judgements is that MPC assumed GDP growth and inflation would increase by having the Bank Rate of 0.5%. The MPC focuses on several economy growth indicators such as developments in the world economy, mainly the euro –area, change in exchange rate, impact of introduction of FLS to credit conditions and real economy ,evolution of primary productivity growth, and effects of rise in MPC asset purchases, from £325billion to £375billion. Moving on to judgements on inflation, Committee further the focus on indicators of commodity prices, degree of spare capacity in the economy, and evolution of companies’ labour costs and prices.
Actions had been taken by MPC to bring back the economy on the right track. Firstly, the Funding Lending Scheme (FLS) could loosen the problem of tight credit condition. As bank funding costs was much higher even before the crisis, balance sheet has to been repaired due to the sharp fall in lending to private sector. FLS made ways for banks to
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