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Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to increase the size of its asset purchase programme, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, by £50 billion to a total of £325 billion.

In the United Kingdom, the underlying pace of recovery slowed during 2011, with activity falling slightly during the final quarter. Some recent business surveys have painted a more positive picture and asset prices have risen.

But the pace of expansion in the United Kingdom’s main export markets has also slowed and concerns remain about the indebtedness and competitiveness of some euro-area countries.

The Committee’s latest inflation and output projections will appear in the Inflation Report to be published at 10.30am on Wednesday 15 February.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 22 February.

CPS Homes Cardiff have taken extracts from the original article which can be found on bankofengland.co.uk

13 February 2012

The information contained within this article was correct at the date of publishing and is not guaranteed to remain correct in the present day.

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