Another rate cut is not in our interest Tucker: inflation risks

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: April 6, 2008 | Copyright information

ALL EYES are on the Bank of England this week as the Monetary Policy Committee meets to decide interest rates.

As the credit crunch bites - with interbank rates elevated and fears mounting of a sharp house price "correction" - some say the MPC has "no choice" but to cut rates from 5.25 per cent.

That is nonsense. Yes - the UK economy is slowing. New data shows the dominant services sector faltered in March. And GDP growth overall will now ease from around 3 per cent in 2007 to 1...