News on Interest Rates
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News on Interest rates
BoE
split 8-1 again on rates
Published: 22 Feb 2006 (sharecast.com)
For the third consecutive month the Bank of England was split 8-1 on
its decision to keep interest rates on hold at 4.5% in January.
Interest
rates on hold for 2006
Published: 15 Feb 2006 (myfinances.co.uk)
The Bank of England has today hinted that interest rates will stay on
hold at 4.5 per cent for the rest of the year.
Base
Rate Reduction Likely?
Published: 12/02/06 (ukmortgageinfo.com)
The Bank of England (BOE) held the base rate at 4.5% this month, but
four of the five members of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
voted for a reduction in the base rate according to sources.
Base
rate decision ‘right for now’
Published: 10/02/06 (residentiallandlord.co.uk)
Although a downwards movement is now thought more likely than a hike,
it hardly came as a surprise that Bank of England left the base rate
unchanged this month at 4.5 per cent.
Interest
rate hold 'widely expected'
Published: 09 Feb 2006 (myfinances.co.uk)
Today's decision by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's
(MPC's) not to cut interest rates was widely expected by analysts and
industry bodies.
Also reported in: About
Property
British
account: Economists still divided over need for rate cut
Published: February 05, 2006 (timesonline.co.uk)
RIGHT now there is an interesting clash of judgments emerging on the
monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Bank of England. Steve Nickell,
one of the four external members, has voted for two months to cut rates
from the current 4.5% level. None of the others has joined him.