Speech by Stephen Nickell* Monetary Policy Issues: Past, Present, Future A shortened version of this paper will be given as a speech at a lunch organised by Business Link and the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce in Leamington Spa on Wednesday, 19 June, 2002. _____________________________________________________________________ *Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and School Professor of Economics, London School of Economics. Opinions expressed here are entirely personal and do not reflect the views of any official body. I am most grateful to Kate Barker, Nicoletta Batini, Charlie Bean, Ian Bond, Jo Cutler, Nick Davey, Jenni Greenslade, Brian Jackson, Mervyn King and Kenny Turnbull for help with the production of this paper.