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buzai232  
#1 Posted : Thursday, May 28, 2020 2:57:57 PM(UTC)
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UK Holds Benchmark Interest Rate at 0.1%


Bank of England recently announced the latest interest rate decision as the 9 members of Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) agreed unanimously to hold benchmark interest rate at 0.1%.To get more news about WikiFX, you can visit WikiFX news official website.
  MPC also voted by a majority of 7:2 to keep bond purchase volume at 6,450 pounds, which was in line with market expectation.The 2 policymakers proposed to add another 100 billion pounds to the current bond purchase scheme.
  BOC noted that buying bond with the present speed will make the government reach the upper-limit of the purchase scheme by July.
  It‘s estimated that the pandemic will cause a swift decline of British economy which is expected to be temporary, and the economy will slowly revive afterwards.BOC expected Britain’s GDP to shrink 25% in 2020s second quarter, but up by 15% in the whole year of 2021.
  Bank of Englands Governor Bailey expects that the impact of the epidemic on economic demand will continue for about a year after lifting the lockdown restrictions. From previous experience,increasing QE is a negative factor for the pound, because issuing more pounds will lead to depreciation of the currency.
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