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You are Governor of the Bank of England. It is August 2026: inflation is 2.6%, unemployment 4.9%, and the Middle East is on fire. You have five years.

1Set Bank Rate each quarter Anywhere from 0% to 15%. Twenty quarters, then they judge your record.
2Hit both targets Inflation 1–3% and unemployment 3–5%. Both inside, both at once, scores +2 — and a run of good quarters pays more each time.
3Everything arrives late A rate change bites the following quarter. Hikes cool prices and cost jobs; cuts do the reverse. Act early or don't bother.
4Shocks will find you Energy crises hit without warning, and a bad one can put inflation into double digits for years.
5The Committee only advises Eight members tell you what they'd have done. The decision is always yours.

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