BoE's Lombardelli: There is a lively debate on committee on neutral rate

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Our Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decides what monetary policy action to take. The MPC sets and announces policy eight times a year (roughly once every six weeks). In this video, the MPC discusses the decisions taken in November 2025 and answers questions from the press.

The Bank of England went ahead with a third consecutive rate hold at 4.00%, meeting the expectations of nearly all economists and in line with the ~75–80% odds that markets were assigning to a hold. The vote split of 5–4 marks a dovish turn from the 7–2 breakdown of the December announcement and against expectations for a 6–3 split. Doves Dhingra and ...