Unpredictable Bank fails in mission to be dull

According to this article from Reuters, published Thursday 11 January, the Bank of England is failing miserably in its quest to be boring.

"Theories abound on what has caused the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, as the bank is nicknamed, to act unpredictably on Thursday," the article says.

"For some people, the Bank was simply girded into action by the strength of economic data and a desire to take pre-emptive action. Above-target inflation, strong house price growth and the threat of a wage-price

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