The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to cut interest rates to a 19-month low but struck a hawkish tone by signaling that only two more reductions are needed to bring inflation back to the 2% target.

The Bank of England voted to reduce the base rate by 25 basis points at the first MPC meeting of the year, as widely anticipated

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate for the third time in six months with the British economy struggling to post any meaningful growth. In a statement Thursday, the bank said the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee lowered its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.