Words aimed at easing pay fears - Financial Times

Story date: 2008-06-17 06:59:00
Added on: 2008-06-17 19:42:15

If Mervyn King had wished to signal a firm intention to fight inflation by raising interest rates, a sharp reference in his letter to the latest rise in inflation expectations would have been enough to put markets on high alert. His relatively mild ...


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