Co-ordination between fiscal and monetary policy already appears to have stepped up a gear since the new Government took office, with Bank of England Governor Mervyn King endorsing the Government’s planned cuts in spending this year. Whether or not co-ordination between the two is formalised any further, last week’s Inflation Report suggested that the Government can be sure that the MPC will keep official interest rates low to help to offset the fiscal squeeze.
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