Inflation

Jaime Caruana forecast 2% inflation in 2001

Jaime Caruana, who replaced Luis Angel Rojo as Bank of Spain governor earlier this year, predicted that Spanish inflation would remain nears its 2% limit over the next year.

• 10 Oct 2000

• Monetary Policy

Latin America: Future inflation convergence

Leonardo Leiderman, head of Latin American Research at Deustche Bank and former head of research at the Bank of Israel, gives a report on the move towards inflation convergence in Latin America.

• 15 Sep 2000

• Monetary Policy

UK inflation to rise above target, says Bank

In its latest quarterly inflation forecast, the Bank of England forecasts inflation to go above its 2.5% target in two years time. But deputy governor Mervyn King says this does not mean interest rates have to rise.

• 17 Aug 2000