Bank of England cuts interest rates by 25bps to lowest level in 18 months

This was the first MPC meeting of the year

Sorin Dojan
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Bank of England cuts interest rates by 25bps to lowest level in 18 months

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has cut interest rates by a quarter point, from 4.75% to 4.5%.

Seven MPC members voted in favour of the interest rate cut, while two preferred a 50bps snip. The bank argued that over the past two years there has been a "substantial progress on disinflation ...

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