Tag: rates unchanged

• Saturday, June 7th 2014 - 05:23 UTC

  Bank of England leaves rates unchanged; fears of house prices rising too fast

  

  The Bank of England kept its benchmark interest rate steady on Thursday to support the UK economy's ongoing recovery, as figures showed house prices rose at the most rapid pace in almost 12 years during May.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:11 UTC

  Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at the record low 0.5%.

  

  UK interest rates were held at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  Bank of England leaves rates unchanged to bolster recovery

  

  The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted Thursday to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at the record low 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £200 billion.