Minutes of the MPC Meeting held on 7 and 8 December 2005

The MPC voted 8 - 1 to maintain Bank Rate at 4.75%.
Published on 21 December 2005

The Governor invited members to vote on the proposition that the repo rate should be maintained at 4.5%. Eight members of the Committee (the Governor, Rachel Lomax, Andrew Large, Kate Barker, Charles Bean, Richard Lambert, Paul Tucker and David Walton) voted in favour. Stephen Nickell voted against, preferring a reduction in the repo rate of 25 basis points.

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