Bank of England Expands Asset Purchases to Prop Economy

Bank of England Expands Asset Purchases to Prop Economy

2/9/2012

The central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent but said it would increase its program to buy government bonds and other assets by £50 billion, to 325 billion.

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