Kate Barker to step down from MPC after 9 years

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Kate Barker is to step down from the Bank of England"s Monetary Policy Committee after 9 years, the Treasury pronounced today.

Ms Barker, who was arch mercantile confidant at the CBI prior to fasten the MPC in Jun 2001, will leave the nine-strong rate-setting cabinet at the finish of May when her third three-year tenure comes to an end.

In a statement, Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, praised Ms Barker, who is the usually lady on the Bank"s MPC.

"I would similar to to take this event to appreciate Kate for the vital grant she has done given she assimilated the committee. During this period, her viewpoint has been intensely valuable, both to the work of the Monetary Policy Committee and additionally to the Government by the eccentric reviews she has finished on housing supply and land make use of planning," he said.

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The Treasury warned that there was expected to be a short cavity on the MPC after her depart as the pursuit would not be advertised until after the election.

The MPC has operated prior to with fewer than 9 members. The last occasions were in 2006 after Richard Lambert stepped down from the MPC to turn director-general of the CBI in March, and after the remarkable genocide of David Walton in June.

Spencer Dale, the Executive Director of Monetary Analysis and Statistics and Chief Economist at the Bank has been re-appointed for a serve 3-year tenure from the finish of May.