Knight at the BIS Annual General Meeting

In a speech given on 26 June Malcolm Knight of the BIS said central banks may need to hike interest rates more aggressively in future if inflation picks up.

"It would be imprudent to count on the happy combination of strong growth and low inflation lasting indefinitely. At some point, central banks may well have to act more forcefully on policy rates than they have needed to do in the past few years," Knight told the BIS annual meeting.

He said inflation risks are now greater than they have been

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