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BoE chief economist says slowing QT risks bank’s independence

Financial stability operations should tame any future gilt market dysfunction, says Huw Pill

Huw Pill
Huw Pill
Bank of England

The Bank of England’s chief economist has said it should sell UK government bonds, or gilts, more quickly, after it decided to slow down quantitative tightening (QT) on September 18. 

Huw Pill told an audience at a think-tank in Geneva on September 23 that the issue was one of significance for “monetary policy and central bank independence”, which were “topics of global concern”. 

In a 7–2 decision, the BoE’s monetary policy committee (MPC) reduced its balance sheet runoff from £100 billion ($135

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