The overhaul of forward guidance sees the direct link with employment dropped so the Bank can focus on a much wider range of indicators. Presenting today’s Inflation Report the governor outlined “the next phase” of forward guidance, saying the Bank aims to see all spare capacity in the UK economy absorbed before it will lift … Continue reading
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron defended Mark Carney after the Bank of England governor said that policy makers will review forward guidance next month. Carney, who said last year that unemployment would need to fall to 7 percent before the BOE would consider raising interest rates, has seen the jobless rate drop faster than forecast. … Continue reading
UK – MARK Carney, the new governer of the Bank of England, today vowed to keep the interest rate at 0.5 per cent until at least the end of 2016 unless inflation rises sharply Continue reading
A fault line is splintering Canada’s labour market into those who can’t find work and those who can’t find workers. There’s no shortage of people looking for work. Some 1.4 million Canadians are unemployed, the jobless rate is still above pre-recession levels and youth unemployment is nearly 14 per cent. Despite this, employers across the … Continue reading