10月13日 - 英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利表示，在伊朗战争导致能源价格激增的背景下，英国企业正专注于严格控制成本。
Oct 13 - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said companies in Britain are focusing intensely on containing their costs amid the surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war.
贝利在周二播出的CNN采访中重申了他之前的观点，即能源冲击对英国更广泛通胀的压力迄今为止一直被抑制住了，“但时间越长，情况就越难以应对。”虽然英格兰银行会考虑到迄今为止英国经济的韧性，但贝利表示，企业正表现出谨慎态度的迹象。
In an interview with CNN broadcast on Tuesday, Bailey reiterated his previous comments that pressure on broader inflation in the UK from the energy shock had so far been subdued, "but the longer this goes on, the harder it gets." While the BoE would take into consideration the resilience to date of the UK economy, Bailey said there were signs of companies taking a cautious stance.
“当我走访全国各地时——我经常与企业交流，我的同事也如此——企业在审视其成本增加时，对成本控制有着非常大的关注。”他说。
"When I go around the country — and I do a lot of talking to firms, and my colleagues do — there's a very big focus on cost containment in terms of when they're looking at the increase in their costs," he said.
贝利补充道，尽管评估能源价格激增对工资等领域的影响仍处于“早期阶段”，但成本削减的关注可能会影响劳动力市场。
A focus on cost-cutting could affect the labour market, although it was still "early days" for assessing the impact of the energy price surge in areas such as wages, Bailey added.
自伊朗战争开始以来，英格兰银行一直维持借贷成本不变，而欧洲中央银行和美国联邦储备系统则都已提高利率。
The BoE has kept borrowing costs on hold since the start of the Iran war, unlike the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve, which have both raised rates.
然而，投资者正将英格兰银行下月加息25个基点的可能性视为几乎确定无疑。
However, investors are pricing the chance of a quarter-point rate hike by the BoE next month as a near certainty.