Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King warns of hard times ahead
UK economic growth will be “flat or close to zero” over the next six months Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King has told MPs.He told the Treasury Select Committee: “The outlook for output growth in the near term is considerably weaker than even three months ago.” Sir Mervyn’s comments came on the day that [...]
December 15, 2011
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UK borrowing forecasts raised in Autumn Statement
Forecasts for UK government borrowing have been increased when the chancellor announced his Autumn Statement.He said borrowing would be £5 billion more this year than originally forecast, £19 billion higher next year and £30 billion higher in 2013-14. The increases are a result of the reduction in the expected level of growth in the economy. [...]
December 13, 2011
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UK recovery to take five years warns Bank of England Member
The UK economy will take five and a half years to recover to its pre-recession level a Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member warns.Martin Weale called the recovery “unusually slow” and signalled more quantitative easing – creating money to buy government debt – may be coming. In a speech, he said the downturn is [...]
December 9, 2011
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Bank of England injects further £75 billion into UK economy
The Bank of England has said it will inject a further £75 billion into the economy through quantitative easing (QE).The Bank has already pumped £200 billion into the economy by buying assets such as government bonds, in an attempt to boost lending by commercial banks. But this is the first time it has added to [...]
October 12, 2011
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Bank of England member calls for credit boost
Adam Posen, a member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee, has said the UK economy needs an instant credit boost.In a speech, he said the Bank should help the government to set up and fund a new bank to boost lending to small and medium-sized businesses. Mr Posen is the only Monetary Policy [...]
September 30, 2011
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New Bank of England member votes to keep loans interest rates on hold
The new member of the Bank of England’s loans interest rate setting committee had voted to keep rates on hold at the record low of 0.5%. Minutes of its just published June meeting showed that former Goldman Sachs economist Ben Broadbent voted with the majority of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). It means he has [...]
June 24, 2011
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UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept UK interest rates once more at a record low of 0.5%. There has been no change to the Bank rate for 25 months, despite the fact that inflation is currently more than twice the Bank’s 2% target rate. No new quantitative easing measures were unveiled. Last [...]
April 15, 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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