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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-10-17
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Inflation more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will explain the basis on which the inflation target for the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is set; and the circumstances in which that figure would be raised above two per cent. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Myners more like this
uin HL2366 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>A comprehensive Review of the Monetary Policy Framework was published in 2013. The current remit for the Monetary Policy Committee reflects the assessment set out in the 2013 Review, which includes retaining a flexible inflation targeting framework, with a 2 per cent symmetric inflation target. The remit also states that the MPC may allow inflation to deviate from this target temporarily in order not to cause undesirable volatility in output due to the short-term trade-offs involved.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham remove filter
question first answered
less than 2016-10-31T15:30:20.077Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-31T15:30:20.077Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
3869
label Biography information for Lord Myners more like this