但由于英国央行认为经济已经充分发挥其潜力，所以尽管GDP增长缓慢且估计从现在到2021年（其预测期的最后一年）间仅能实现1.7~1.8％的年均增长率，它仍毅然选择加息。
But, because the BoE believes the economy is already growing at its full potential, it has raised interest rates now, even though GDP growth is slow and is estimated to only reach 1.7-1.8% between now and 2021, the end of its forecast period.