BOE: Instant Answer questions for Dec 14 policy decision

Below are the questions that will be answered for Dec 14 BOE MPC decision. The outcome will be published just after midday Thursday.

1.    Was the Bank Rate raised, and if so by how much?

2.    Number of members voting for cut?

3.    Number of members voting for unchanged rate?

4.    Number of members voting for a 25bp hike?
NB: On questions 2-4 we will name the dissenters (and the magnitude of dissent)

5.    Did the MPC (or the majority of MPC) again say Bank Rate is likely to remain sufficiently restrictive for sufficiently long?

6.    Did the MPC (or the majority of MPC) again say monetary policy is likely to need to be restrictive for an extended period?

7.    Did the MPC again say “if there were to be evidence of more persistent pressures, then further tightening in monetary policy would be required”?

8.    Did the MPC leave its guidance paragraph materially unchanged versus the November policy statement?

9.    Did the MPC say, that in the run-up to the December policy decision, it believed market pricing was over-estimating future rate cuts?