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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UK loans interest rates kept at 0.5% for 15th month
UK loans interest rates have been kept on hold at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England for the 15th month in a row. The Bank also decided not to inject any more money into the UK economy under its policy of quantitative easing (QE). Interest rates have now been at 0.5% [...]
June 11, 2010
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UK interest rates kept at record low of 0.5%
UK interest rates have been kept on hold at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England. The Bank also decided not to pump any more money into the UK economy under its policy of quantitative easing (QE). Interest rates have now been 0.5% since March 2009, and analysts do not expect any [...]
May 11, 2010
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UK home loans problem looms
A huge potential spanner in the home loans market is looming on the horizon over the UK property market. From 2011, home loans lenders will have to find about £300bn to repay the government for the money it lent them via its emergency support schemes – the special liquidity scheme and credit guarantee scheme – [...]
April 20, 2010
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Lending to UK businesses drops sharply
Lending to UK businesses dropped in January, according to the latest Bank of England quarterly lending survey. Banks and building societies lent £6.5bn less in January, after a drop of £3.4bn in December. In the year to January, lending to businesses contracted by 9.3%, the sharpest drop in more than 10 years. The labour government [...]
March 22, 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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UK loans interest rate remains at 0.5%
The Bank of England has held UK loans interest rates at the record low of 0.5% in a widely expected move. It also announced no changes to its programme of pumping newly-created money into the economy – so-called quantitative easing (QE). In November, the Bank of England said it would inject another £25bn, taking the [...]
December 10, 2009
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ECB slows emergency cash support
The European Central Bank (ECB) will scale back its liquidity measures for fear of fuelling inflation- despite rising unemployment. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said some fiscal stimulus measures were no longer needed to the same extent. He said any measures that pose “a threat to the achievement of price stability must be undone promptly and [...]
November 19, 2009
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