Mr
Sentance, now senior economic adviser to accountancy giant, PWC, was speaking after official figures revealed the UK economy had enjoyed its fifth successive quarter of growth.
Mr
Sentance said: "We face a 'new normal' of low growth and difficult economic conditions across the western economies, which reflects major adjustments which our economy is making since the financial crisis.
Sentance had previously voted for a 0.5% increase in the Bank rate in a bid to beat down soaring prices, which are squeezing household budgets.
Sentance steps down from the Monetary Policy Committee at the end of this month, to be replaced by ex-Goldman Sachs economist Ben Broadbent, and pressure for an imminent rate rise is likely to dissipate further after his departure.
The minutes of February's meeting showed that
Sentance, who has voted in
In one corner, Andrew
Sentance reckons that higher interest rates are needed to fight inflation, and reiterated his call for a tighter monetary policy after last week's inflation figures were unveiled.
Economists believe a three-way split will emerge this week, with Mr Posen opting for more QE and committee member Andrew
Sentance voting once more for a quarter point rise in rates to calm inflation.
Bank of England must not let markets lose faith in its commitment to keeping prices under control, Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew
Sentance said on Monday, repeating his call for an interest rate rise.
Andrew
Sentance is a member of the powerful Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee which meets each month to decide UK interest rates.
Commission member Andrew
Sentance said: "Each year cyclists in Denmark and Holland cycle more than 10 times as far as Britons.
He was today being questioned at the headquarters of Brighton CID, from where Miss Longhurst's mother Liz, sister Sue and partner Malcolm
Sentance, had made several appeals for help in finding her alive.
Miss Longhurst, 31, who taught at a school for children with learning difficulties in Brighton, vanished from her home, which she shared with her partner Malcolm
Sentance, 34, on March 14.
