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The Bank of England yesterday decided to leave the official bank rate at 0.5% – continuing the record low for coming up to 4 years. Continue reading →

The Bank of England has this week announced that it will be keeping the Bank Rate at the record low of 0.5%. Continue reading →

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee announced that they would be leaving the Bank Rate at the historical low of 0.5% as the uncertainty in the economy continues. Continue reading →

The Bank of England (BoE) today voted to maintain the Bank rate at 0.5%, continuing the long running record low. This was contrary to some speculation, albeit small, that the Bank may reduce the bank rate further. Continue reading →

The Bank of England announced this week that it is maintain the Bank Rate at the historic low of 0.5%, having first been introduced way back in March 2009. The Bank also announced it had voted to continue with the same level of Asset Purchase programme at £325 billion. Continue reading →

The Bank of England has decided that the economy needs some further boost and today decided to increase the size of the Asset Purchase Programme by a further £50 billion, taking the total amount of this ‘Quantitative Easing’ to £325 … Continue reading →

Unsurprisingly the Bank of England decided to maintain the official Bank Rate in December at 0.5%. This continues the historical low of 0.5% since it was lowered to this level on 5th March 2009. With the uncertainty in the global … Continue reading →

The Bank of England (BoE) this week again decided to keep the bank’s interest rate at 0.5%, the historical low initiated in March 2009.

It has also decided to maintain the size of the Asset Purchase Programme, aka quantitative easing. Continue reading →

Inflation has been making all the headlines and it’s important to understand why pensions are adversely affected by inflation. Yet at the same time, inflation can be beneficial to property investors. First a quick look at why inflation is here to stay. Continue reading →

There as been much speculation that the Bank of England (BoE) could start to put interest rates up, especially with inflation twice the Bank’s target rate. However the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee today decided to keep interest rates at their … Continue reading →