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BOE's Taylor: Rate Hold Correct

BOE's Taylor says an extended hold at current rate level is the correct policy response

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If more slack opens up quickly as in BOE's Scenario 'A', we may end up having to cut quickly and might even see bank rate below neutral for a while - - In the worst case inflationary scenario, nothing would be off the table, BOE would have to do what it must to defend the nominal anchor - - We entered this shock with a very weak economy - - People can wrongly assume that the middle scenario is most likely