Bank of England Upbeat on Growth, Worried About Inflation

The Bank of England boosted its forecast for British growth in 2017 and some rate-setters were more nervous about rising inflation, but the Bank overall seemed in no rush to raise interest rates as the economy adjusts to the prospect of Brexit. In a sign of a developing split, the BoE said some of its rate-setters had “moved a little closer” to their limits for tolerating an overshoot of the Bank’s 2 percent inflation target, caused by sterling’s slide since June’s Brexit vote.