A pause in wage growth and further decreases in commodity prices made the need for tighter policy "slightly less immediate," Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
"The factors pushing down on inflation have become a bit more prolonged," Weale said.
"I initially thought that the weak wage growth was a wobble that represented stray numbers that you get once or twice from time to time. There has plainly been something more to it than that," he said.
The bank expects inflation to remain below 1 percent until the second half of next year.
The interest rate has been kept at the current record low 0.50 percent since early 2009. Ian McCafferty has been the sole dissenter since August, seeking a 25 basis points rate hike.
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