Andrew Sentance, the arch-hawk (or Axel Weber of the BOE) reiterated his view that rates should rise to combat inflationary pressure.

另一成员森坦斯—主要强硬派代表(相当于英国央行的韦伯)重申，利率必须上调以对抗通胀压力。

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The main events so far today have been weaker construction output from the Eurozone, a mixed Spanish debt auction and hawkish comments from Bank of England member Andrew Sentance.

今天迄今为止最主要的事件是欧元区弱于预期的工业产出、西班牙良莠不齐的债券拍卖以及英国央行官员森坦斯的强硬评论。

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The pound was also boosted by a warning from Bank of England monetary policy committee member Andrew Sentance against delaying raising interest rates to tackle inflation.

BBC: Builders at work

Speaking on the World at One on Thursday, Andrew Sentance, a former MPC member, stuck with his longstanding view, which is a mixture of (b) and (c): that the policy would do much for inflation, but not much for anything else.

BBC: Quantitatively more easing from the Bank