Rising gilt yields won’t push Bank of England into action

Given the improving economic outlook, we doubt the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will respond to higher gilt yields by stepping up the pace of its QE purchases at its next meeting on Thursday 18th March. But we think that it will use the policy statement to reiterate its forward guidance that it will keep interest rates unchanged for many years.

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