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Bank of England is at risk with regard to its credibility

Bank of England is showing signs of risk with regard to its credibility. Andrew Sentence, the outgoing monetary policy committee member, told Sky News that the Bank of England is in danger of losing its credibility. Also, Mr. Sentence expressed his concern about British public losing faith in the Bank’s ability to public losing faith in the Banks ability to improve in these times of rising inflation. Mr. Sentence has expressed his willingness to raise the historically low interest rate in an attempt to control inflation. Mr. Sentence states that the country is just coming out of recession and that one should be careful with interest rate increases. Inflation is soaring so much above target and the economy has turned round. But yet the Monetary Policy Committee is not responding at all.

Sterling continues to have a downward trend against the Euro, Australian Dollar, and Canadian Dollar etc. According to the Hawkish economist, due to pressures in the Global economy, wages increases and this situation was followed by the fall in the Pound. He further said that interest rates are found to be at the lowest level in the 300 year history of the Bank of England. Haukish economist would like to see the interest rates gradually moving up in order to reflect the changing economic situation. He feels that if the situation does not take place then in the future there will be a bigger threat to growth.

The Euro is still facing a lot of pressure. The European Central Bank is likely to move towards another rate hike in July, despite the Greek crisis. Leaders from the IMF, the EU and the ECB are busy with the final touches to their progress reports for Greece. They are aiming to meet the qualifying conditions that were set for last year’s Euro 110 billion loan package. The EU is busy over the next several weeks in formulating a plan for a lasting solution for the country. Details of the plan are likely to be disclosed by the end of June.

The US budget deficit is expected to touch $1.4 trillion by end of this year and it will remain in the trillion dollar range for many years. The debt worries continues to play on the policy makers mind and by raising the interest rate once again, would bringing about a short term boost for the Euro currency. The Democrats are of the opinion that the government will not be capable of paying its bills. Thus, they could be at risk of facing a default, if the debt ceiling is not increased. On the other hand, experts say that it is difficult to know exactly what would happen if the debt ceiling is not raised.

The US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner has warned that if Congress did not increase the debt limit by August 2^nd, then in that case the United States could face a default, resulting in severe economic consequences. The White House and Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed to the idea of seeing the debt limit being raised by August 2^nd. Analysts believe that the only realistic option is to set a deficit reduction goal of about $4 trillion over a span of 10 years.

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