Bank of England’s Greene says upside inflation risks are paramount

EditorVlad Schepkov
Published 04/14/2026, 10:34 AM
Bank of England’s Greene says upside inflation risks are paramount

Investing.com -- Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Tuesday that upside risks to inflation were paramount to her thinking on the outlook for interest rates as Britain grapples with the economic fallout from the Iran war.

"There are definitely downside risks to demand, and I think that’s important. But I think that the upside risks to inflation are paramount," Greene said at an event organized by the Atlantic Council, a think tank, in Washington.

Greene said it could take months for evidence of second-round effects from the expected increase in headline inflation to appear, and data so far painted a "mixed picture".

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