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The Bank of England (BoE) decided to maintain the record low-interest rates during its monetary policy meeting on Thursday. The benchmark interest rate was maintained at its all-time low level of 0.1%. BoE also revised upwards its expectations for economic growth in the United Kingdom (UK) this year, as the …

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% at its May policy meeting and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion as widely expected.

The Bank of England (BoE) has decided to hold interest rates unchanged, maintaining its main rate at 0.10% in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Thursday. MPC members voted unanimously for the decision, and also kept the current pace of the quantitative easing (QE) program at GBP 895 billion, which …

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% at its March policy meeting and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion as widely expected.

Gertjan Vlieghe, a member of the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee, said on Monday that he expects interest rates in the United Kingdom to remain low and not return to their levels prior to the global financial crisis in the foreseeable future. Vlieghe, who is 49 years old, …

Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) Dave Ramsden said on Wednesday that the bond-buying program is the most suitable stimulus option to help the British economy cope with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. “My overall take on [Quantitative Easing] (QE) is still that it is a tried …

The Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Andrew Bailey, said on Wednesday that now is not the right time for disagreements between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) regarding financial services. Nonetheless, Bailey said that he believes the EU is imposing standards on the UK, which …

The Bank of England said UK banks will need at least six months to prepare for the switch to negative interest rates. This was after the bank fixed interest rates at 0.1%. The Bank of England asked British banks in October about their preparedness for negative interest rates, after it …

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% at its January policy meeting and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion.

The Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Andrew Bailey, said on Monday that cryptocurrencies are providing a modern way of payment, but not as currencies, Reuters reported. Bailey’s remarks came during an online event organized by the World Economic Forum’s Davos summit on Monday. “Have we landed on what …