UK Politics Podcast

Listen, Governor: Bailey Faces MPs Over Haldane's Recession Warning To Us

Get caught up on the day’s political news

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

The Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has faced questions from MPs over what the BOE's former chief economist, Andy Haldane, told us about the risk of deeper recession from keeping interest rates high. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth shares Haldane's view, and says the BOE governor signalled an important shift in his thinking.