Andrew Sentance, a member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, expects the British economy to return to growth in the second half of this year.

"I expect to see a return to growth in the second half of this year, as the British economy responds to the stimulus from low interest rates, a competitive exchange rate, government tax and spending measures, an improving global economic environment and the Bank's policy of quantitative easing," Sentance wrote in an article published in