知事 警告するs of 利益／興味 率 rise

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 00:00 BST, 4 January 2002

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INTEREST 率s may have to go up to 冷静な／正味の はびこる 消費者 spending, the 知事 of the Bank of England has 警告するd. Sir Edward George said the Bank may be 軍隊d to 行為／法令／行動する if 消費者 需要・要求する did not '穏健な' of its own （許可，名誉などを）与える.

In 最近の mo nths, High Street spending has ロケット／急騰するd にもかかわらず the 暗い／優うつな international 経済的な 見通し - and 分析家s have 警告するd that the growth is unsustainable.

最新の 人物／姿／数字s show 消費者 borrowing from the big banks topped £1bn in November, an 前例のない 人物／姿／数字 for that month, as Britons bought more on credit and failed to 支払う／賃金 it off. That 量 is sure to be topped by December's 人物／姿／数字 as Christmas and New Year spending reached its 頂点（に達する）.

Britain's 抱擁する 消費者 負債 now 脅すs the country's 経済的な 安定. At the same time, personal 貸付金s from banks reached a six-month high in November, with £634m in new lending, taking the total 優れた to £48,277million.

The 人物／姿／数字s, from the British 銀行業者s' 協会, also show no let-up in mortgage lending, with banks 手渡すing out more than £4bn in new home 貸付金s, with an 普通の／平均（する） 人物／姿／数字 of £79,200.

The 財政上の Services 当局 has raised the spectre of a repeat of the 早期に 1990s 後退，不況, which stemmed 大部分は from families running up 負債s and 存在 unable to 対処する with the 返済s.

Sir Edward told the BBC: '消費者 需要・要求する will have to 穏健な, I think there's a good 可能性 that it will begin to 穏健な of its own （許可，名誉などを）与える. When I say 穏健な I don't mean it 落ちるs off a cliff, but it slows 負かす／撃墜する and that would be the most 望ましい 結果. But we may have to 現実に 行為／法令／行動する if it doesn't happen of its own （許可，名誉などを）与える and that's when we would be putting up 利益／興味 率s.'