We won’t know until the future whether or not the Bank of England has launched helicopter money as it depends if the rise in the money supply is temporary or permanent. But more important is whether it leads to much higher inflation. The markets don’t think it will and nor do we. If anything, it’s more likely that in a few years’ time policymakers will look back and decide their policies were too timid.
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