英国央行现在希望利率能维持在2~3％的水平，而不是银行业危机前那几十年的平均5 ％ ， 这意味着实际（排除通胀因素的）利率将低于1 ％ 。
Rather than the 5% average rate that prevailed in the decades before the banking crisis, the BoE now expects interest rates to be 2-3%, implying a real (inflation-adjusted) interest rate of below 1%.