Showing posts with label bank of england base rate. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

bank rate

BANK RATE CUT FROM 1.5 TO 1.0.......................................................


The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, cut the bank rate to 1 percent from 1.5 percent. The decision, which was widely expected, came just ahead of the European Central Bank's interest rate decision expected later in the day.