UK Business Minister Defends Wages Stance, Says BoE Can Handle Inflation

UK Business Minister Defends Wages Stance, Says BoE Can Handle Inflation
Britain's Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng speaks to media in Westminster, London, Britain on Sept. 21, 2021. Hannah McKay/Reuters
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LONDON—The British government is right to focus on driving up wages, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday, expressing confidence in the Bank of England’s ability to curb rising inflation.

BoE governor Andrew Bailey has said he is concerned about inflation running above the bank’s target of 2.0 percent, describing the need to prevent rising prices becoming permanently embedded.