King hints at inflation target upheaval

King, who steps down at the end of June, pointed out it had been more than two decades since the UK's existing inflation target of 2% was introduced. "It has now come of age," he said. "It would be sensible to review the arrangements for setting monetary policy." But King added that retaining a target was an important ingredient for economic growth. It follows a suggestion by Mark Carney, the current Bank of Canada governor who takes over from King on 1 July, for alternatives to targeting low inflation, though he said his remarks were not country-specific. Carney proposed an altern...