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This morning, Spencer Dale - Chief Economist and member of the Monetary Policy Committee - talks about the challenges currently facing the UK economy.
Published on
18 September 2008
He focuses in particular on the risks posed to consumer spending from deteriorating housing market conditions and from the possibility that the current period of elevated inflation may lead to an increase in generalised wage and price pressures.
Press release