The Bank of England could benefit from waiting to see the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the UK economy before raising interest rates, one of its policymakers has said.
Michael Saunders, who voted to raise interest rates last month, said he believed there could be advantages from taking no action when the central bank meets to set borrowing costs in just under two weeks time.
The external member of the Bank’s nine-strong monetary policy committee (MPC) was outvoted at its last
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