LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - Britain's economy still needssupport from more central bank asset purchases although thereare some signs that growth should pick up this year after twoyears of stagnation, a senior Bank of England official said.
"We need some sort of background level of QE to see usthrough this period, particularly while FLS (Funding for LendingScheme) has its full impact for the remainder of this year,"Fisher said in an interview published on Tuesday by the Herald,a Scottish newspaper.
Fisher was one of a minority of three members of the BoE'sMonetary Policy Committee who voted for more asset purchases inFebruary and March.