BOE’s Taylor urges caution on rate hikes as second-round inflation risks lag - Yahoo Finance Australia

Investing.com -- Bank of England rate-setter Alan Taylor urged caution against resuming monetary tightening to combat the latest energy price shock, arguing that inflationary pressures remain tightly contained and showing little sign of spreading across the broader UK economy. Delivering the 2026 Dow Lecture at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on Tuesday, Taylor emphasized that the case for interest rate hikes is "not compelling" in the absence of tangible second-round effects. While acknowledging that geopolitical volatility has pushed oil and gas prices higher heading into winter, he noted that the domestic transmission mechanisms that amplified the 2022 inflation surge are conspicuously absent today.