mpc: 5
The FTSE All-Share index had ended the month broadly unchanged although it was around 5½%
above its level at the time of the February
Inflation Report. The rise in long-term interest rates and
further increases in oil prices had apparently had little dampening effect on the upward move in equity
prices; this might suggest that all three developments were at least partly linked to the strength of
global output growth.
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