Sunday, August 27, 2006
BoE official criticises US inflation measure.
BoE hits at US inflation measure
The US Federal Reserve is wrong to focus on core measures of inflation that exclude energy prices, Charles Bean, chief economist at the Bank of England, has suggested. It should focus instead on headline inflation, which is much higher, he argued. Including energy and food costs, US consumer price inflation is running at an annual rate of 4.1 per cent, against 2.7 per cent for core inflation.
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tyrellcorporation says:
Let me get this right, this is the same BoE who currently swear that our inflation rate is 2.4%?!?
Pot and kettles in black methinks!