News Release
Bank of England Maintains Bank Rate at 5.0%
7 December 2006
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 5.0%.
The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 20 December.
Note to Editors
The previous change in Bank Rate was an increase of 0.25 percentage points to 5.0% on 9 November 2006.
