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Bank Rate maintained at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme maintained at £325bn

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%.
Published on 10 May 2012

The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £325 billion.

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