Stephen Nickell

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Stephen Nickell was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from June of 2000 to May 2006, when he was replaced by David Blanchflower effective in the June 2006 meeting. ^[1]

In his final six meetings on the MPC, Nickell was the only member in favor of a decrease in the repo rate by 25 basis points; all the other members voted to maintain the repo rate at 4.5%,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] with the exception of David Walton who supported an increase by 25 basis points in Nickell's final meeting. [6]

Nickell is to take up a post as Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford.

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^ Blanchflower to replace Bank's Nickell. Reuters. March 22, 2006.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Governor: Sir Edward George (June 1997–June 2003)
June 2000-September 2000:	George \| King \| Plenderleith \| Clementi \| Julius \| Vickers \| Wadhwani \| Allsopp \| Nickell
October 2000-May 2001:	George \| King \| Plenderleith \| Clementi \| Julius \| Wadhwani \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean
June 2001-May 2002:	George \| King \| Plenderleith \| Clementi \| Wadhwani \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker
June 2002:	George \| King \| Clementi \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker
July 2002-August 2002:	George \| King \| Clementi \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Bell
September 2002:	George \| King \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Bell
October 2002-May 2003:	George \| King \| Allsopp \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Bell \| Large
June 2003:	George \| King \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Bell \| Large \| Lambert
Governor: Mervyn King (June 2003–present)
July 2003-June 2005:	King \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Bell \| Large \| Lambert \| Lomax
July 2005-January 2006:	King \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Large \| Lambert \| Lomax \| Walton
February 2006-March 2006:	King \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Lambert \| Lomax \| Walton \| Gieve
April 2006-May 2006:	King \| Nickell \| Bean \| Barker \| Tucker \| Lomax \| Walton \| Gieve