Economics

A Former BOE Chief Says Look to Treasury for Real Influence

  • Charlie Bean says OBR fiscal watchdog more important than BOE
  • Better fiscal framework needed to stop ‘silly gameplay’
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Bank of England interest-rate decisions are of minor economic importance compared with the big fiscal judgments taken by the U.K. government’s spending watchdog, a former BOE deputy governor has said.