Another Bank of England member wants loans interest rate rise
Another member of the Bank of England’s loans interest rate setting committee says the central bank should start raising rates now to avoid a sharp rise later. “It would protect us from a squeeze later on, needed to get people’s inflation expectations back towards the 2% target,” Martin Weale said. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) [...]
February 25, 2011
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UK interest rates remain at record low of 0.5 per cent
The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% and decided not to print more money via quantitative easing (QE). The decision to make no change to policy comes after recent figures on the economy showed good growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 0.8% in the third quarter [...]
November 5, 2010
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UK interest rates on hold at record low of 0.5%
The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 19th consecutive month. The Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision had been expected, despite repeated calls from one member to raise rates to combat inflation. The Bank also said it would not be expanding its £200bn quantitative easing (QE) [...]
October 13, 2010
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UK interest rates on hold for 18th month at 0.5 pc
The Bank of England maintained its emergency support for the economy by keeping interest rates at 0.5% for the 18th month in a row.Policymakers also continued with the Bank’s £200 billion quantitative easing (QE) programme amid uncertainty over the path of the UK’s recovery. While the UK economy rose by a far better-than-expected 1.2% in [...]
September 10, 2010
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UK interest rates kept on hold at 0.5pc
The Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5% amid worries over the strength of the economic recovery.The decision by the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) means rates will stay at their current record low for an 18th month. It suggests the committee does not see high inflation as a [...]
August 6, 2010
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Bank of England expected to keep interest rates at 0.5pc
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is likely to keep rates at historic lows after recent pessimistic economic surveys. Economists expect the two day policy meeting at Threadneedle Street to conclude with rates left at 0.5% when the decision is announced at noon today. Borrowing costs have been left there since the depths of [...]
August 5, 2010
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Interest rate rise could be on the way after Bank of England split
A member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has called for a rise in interest rates for the first time in almost two years. Andrew Sentance voted to lift rates to 0.75% from the record low of 0.5%, due to stubborn inflation, minutes show. It was the first call for a UK [...]
June 25, 2010
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Bank of England unanimous on keeping interest rate freeze
The Bank of England has kept loans interest rates at a record low – despite rising inflation. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed unanimously that interest rates should stay at 0.5% this month, minutes of the meeting show. All nine members voted for no change, even though inflation is currently at 3.5%, [...]
March 18, 2010
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Bank of England freeze on UK interest rates continues
UK interest rates have been left at 0.5% following the Bank of England’s latest meeting. The cost of borrowing has been at a record low since March 2009 and economists do not expect the central bank to raise rates in the near term. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also maintained the quantitative easing (QE), [...]
January 8, 2010
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Bank of England says UK recovery could prove a false dawn
The Bank of England warned yesterday that Britain’s tentative recovery could be a “false dawn”, despite issuing a relatively upbeat economic forecast and revealing that none of its policymakers saw the need to expand the asset purchase stimulus programme this month. According to the minutes of the Bank’s rate-setting meeting this month, published yesterday, all [...]
September 24, 2009
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