UK interest rates hold firm

The Bank of England maintained its emergency support for the UK economy today by keeping interest rates at 0.5% for the 18th month in a row.

UK interest rates hold firm
Thu, 09 Sep, 2010 - 13:41

The Bank of England maintained its emergency support for the UK economy today by keeping interest rates at 0.5% for the 18th month in a row.

Policymakers also continued with the bank's £200bn (€242.1bn) quantitative easing (QE) programme amid uncertainty over the path of the UK's recovery.

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