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  • All MPC members are committed to discharging their duties whatever the Government

  • Bank can react more rapidly than other institutions

  • This meeting is part of our communication

  • Bank can meet any time and make a decision

  • We will still have to wait until the August inflation report forecasts

  • Won't comment on current level of sterling

  • Currency needed to find a new level

  • Does not comment on whether UK will see a recession

  • BOE will react, we are not fatalistic

  • There's merit to taking policy action as soon as possible

  • We will discuss which tools we may choose (again, this sounds like rate cuts are not going to be the goto choice)

  • Easing is not just about the bank rate (There you go, see my comment above)

  • The options are not just what the BOE used in the last crisis

  • If we decide on stimulus it will have to be as useful as possible

  • Bank is dealing with an uncertainty shock to the economy

  • Will not resign if Brexit members come into power

  • BOE did its job of indentifying the risks

Cable holding below 1.33 means the line has been drawn.

End of questions