ESCoE will host a speech from Jonathan Haskel in his final weeks as an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.
What caused the pandemic-era inflation spike in the UK? Using a newly constructed dataset, Jonathan will contrast our current experience to that of the 1970s. Looking ahead, he will reflect on the challenges of making policy in real-time, and the outlook for wage growth and inflation.
The event is free to attend and will be held at King’s College London. Please register for a ticket and contact info@escoe.ac.uk if you would prefer to attend virtually.
Chair: Rebecca Riley (ESCoE, King’s Business School)
Timings:
- 17:00 – Arrival
- 17:15 – 17:45 – Speech
- 17:45 – 18:15 – Q&A.
Jonathan Haskel CBE is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. His research is on productivity and intangible investment and he is the co-author of two books: ‘Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy’ and ‘Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy’. He has been a non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority and panel member of the Competition and Markets Authority.
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is responsible for making decisions about Bank Rate.