LONDON—The Bank of England said inflation would rise above 4 percent later this year, and two policymakers called for an early end to the central bank’s quantitative easing programme due to rising price pressures. Policymakers voted 7–2 to stick with the 895 billion pound ($1.2 trillion) asset purchase target they set in November 2020, when the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee decided to buy a further 150 billion pounds of government bonds over the course of 2021. BoE Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden joined Michael Saunders in voting for an early end to the programme of bond purchases. The MPC voted unanimously to keep interest rates at 0.1 percent. The BoE said it had revised down its expectations for the level of gross domestic product in the third quarter by around 1 percent from the August report, reflecting supply constraints. But it said inflation would “temporarily” rise above 4 percent in the …