{"id":425808,"date":"2026-05-13T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/425808\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:52:08","slug":"boe-mann-recent-geopolitical-events-have-reinforced-how-exposed-the-uk-economy-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/425808\/","title":{"rendered":"BOE Mann : Recent geopolitical events have reinforced how exposed the UK economy is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-v-6bf95c48=\"\">BOE Monetary Policy Committee member Mann is speaking and says: <\/p>\n<p>Recent geopolitical events have reinforced how exposed the UK economy is to international shocks that require a policy response.<\/p>\n<p>Implications of new sources of finance for the UK current account deficit are not simple.<\/p>\n<p>A tighter policy stance could trigger volatility as new actors unwind positions, potentially leading to tighter domestic financial conditions than intended.<\/p>\n<p>Monetary policy cannot offset cost-push shocks from energy prices.<\/p>\n<p>The trade-off between inflation and activity is becoming increasingly stark.If a shock were to occur and weigh on investor confidence, international investors could respond by reducing their gilt holdings. Resulting volatility in yields could be reflected in a persistent risk premium. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"884\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-v-6bf95c48=\"\">Summary:<br data-v-6bf95c48=\"\"\/><br \/>\nThe tone from Mann leans hawkish overall. The comments focused heavily on persistent inflation risks, geopolitical and energy-related shocks, and the complications tied to tighter policy and financial conditions. Although there was acknowledgment of risks to growth and activity, inflation concerns appeared to remain the dominant priority.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"884\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-v-6bf95c48=\"\">The GBPUSD has bounced off the 100 day MA at 1.3481 and is trading back above a swing area between 1.3497 and 1.3512.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOE Monetary Policy Committee member Mann is speaking and says: Recent geopolitical events have reinforced how exposed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-425808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}