Bank of England announces Bank Rate remains at 0.5%
December 15, 2017
The Bank of England announced yesterday 14th December 2017 that at its meeting ending 13 December 2017, the MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.50%.
The Committee voted unanimously to maintain the stock of sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £10 billion.
The Committee voted unanimously to maintain the stock of UK government bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £435 billion.
Read the Bank of England announcement published 14th December 2017 in full click here.
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