鉴于英国经济在1980~2007年间平均增长率达2.5 ％ ， 英国央行当前预计的1.5％潜在增长率已经是极大退步了。
Given that the British economy grew at an average of 2.5% between 1980 and 2007, the BoE’s projection of 1.5% potential growth amounts to a significant downgrade.