"Monetary policy and interest rates work with a lag. Monetary policy takes 18 months, it took them a long time to create the policy and it will take a while for the inflation to come down. The central bank is determined to get it back down to 2%, and there are signs that the monetary policy is working..."

Richard Woolnough, manager of the A-rated M&G Optimal Income and M&G Corporate Bond funds, was in the Behind the Screens hot seat this week sharing his thoughts on:

• Signs the substantial tightening in monetary policy is working, despite inflation remaining stubbornly high.
• Why the breadth and depth of opportunities in the fixed income world has expanded.
• Why the big out of the field events are the ones which cause increase inflation and reduce growth.

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