What will the MPC do as its gilts mature?

At the start of next year, the MPC will have to decide what to do with those gilts purchased in its quantitative easing (QE) programme that are about to mature. We expect the Committee to maintain its current loose stance of policy by re-investing the proceeds of the gilts, as the US Fed has done.

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