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05/11/2015
Interest Rates To Remain Unchanged – BoE
The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to keep interest rates at 0.5%, it has been announced.
It is understood the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the record-low rate the same, by a vote of 8 to 1.
Economists had predicted that interest rates would not rise this month.
The decision means that interest rates in the UK have now been on hold for six-and-a-half years.
(JP)
It is understood the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the record-low rate the same, by a vote of 8 to 1.
Economists had predicted that interest rates would not rise this month.
The decision means that interest rates in the UK have now been on hold for six-and-a-half years.
(JP)
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The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 4.5%, as expected by many analysts. Last month, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5%, amid fears of a slowdown in economic growth and a slump in consumer spending.
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