The Bank of England (BoE) could consider lowering the cost of borrowing, the bank’s Chief Economist, Andy Haldane, said on Monday. The move could come as a way of adapting to a possible economic shock due to the COVID-19 crisis. “Roughly half of the roughly 25% fall in activity during …
Read More »BoE’s Bailey: Financial Markets Indicate Interest Rates Will Stay Very Low
Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that the “financial markets indicate that interest rates will remain very low.” “People can see that we are committed to keeping markets stable via quantitative easing,” Bailey said, adding that “there is a legitimate question about what we do with …
Read More »Bailey: Seeing Signs of Recovery
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the country is experiencing signs of an economic recovery. However, there is still a long way to go and emphasized employment worries. These comments had little impact on market sentiment and performance of the Pound sterling. FTSE 100 in the …
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