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Economy, United Kingdom. 9 June, 2011, 19:09
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Keeps Interest Rate and Quantitative Easing Unchanged
The Bank of England keeps interest rate and quantitative easing unchanged in the latest meeting.
Economy, United Kingdom. 18 May, 2011, 18:00
United Kingdom: Bank of England Minutes For May 2011 Meeting
Three members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted for a rate hike, while one voted for increasing the asset purchase programme.
Economy, United Kingdom. 17 May, 2011, 17:25
United Kingdom: CPI Inflation hits 4.5%, RPI Inflation At 5.2%
Inflation in the United Kingdom accelerates again in April, pretty much in-line with Bank of England’s own judgment that inflation will remain high.
Economy, United Kingdom. 5 May, 2011, 19:12
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Keeps Interest Rate and Quantitative Easing Unchanged
The Bank of England keeps Bank rate at 0.5%, and the size of the asset purchase programme at £200 billion, in-line with expectation.
Economy, United Kingdom. 27 April, 2011, 17:03
United Kingdom: GDP Grew By 0.5% In Q1
Good news: it is in-line with consensus. Bad news: it is in-line with consensus.
Economy, United Kingdom. 20 April, 2011, 16:43
United Kingdom: Bank of England Minutes For April 2011 Meeting
The Bank of England minutes for April meeting provided nothing new in particular. The same three members voted for interest rate hike.
Economy, United Kingdom. 12 April, 2011, 19:45
United Kingdom: CPI Inflation At 4.0%, RPI Inflation At 5.3%
Inflation in the United Kingdom eased slightly, easing a bit of pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rate prematurely (like the ECB).
Economy, United Kingdom. 7 April, 2011, 19:08
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Keeps Interest Rate and Quantitative Easing Unchanged
The Bank of England maintains policy unchanged in its April MPC meeting.
Economy, United Kingdom. 23 March, 2011, 17:55
United Kingdom: Bank of England Minutes For March 2011 Meeting
The views among the Bank of England’s policy makers have remained largely unchanged since the previous meeting.
Economy, United Kingdom. 22 March, 2011, 18:10
United Kingdom: CPI Inflation At 4.4%, RPI Inflation At 5.5%
Inflation in the United Kingdom accelerated in February, giving more pressure for the Bank of England to raise interest rate.
Economy, United Kingdom. 10 March, 2011, 20:38
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Keeps Interest Rate and Quantitative Easing Unchanged
The Bank of England keeps interest rate at 0.5% and the size of the asset purchase programme at £200 billion.
Economy, United Kingdom. 25 February, 2011, 20:31
United Kingdom: Q4 GDP revised down, from bad to worse
UK Q4 GDP growth has been revised downward from contracting to contracting even more.
Economy, United Kingdom. 23 February, 2011, 18:05
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Minutes
Three members of the MPC of the Bank of England voted for a rate hike vs two members last time.
Economy, United Kingdom. 16 February, 2011, 19:49
United Kingdom: Bank of England forecasts 4-5% inflation; Unemployment rose to 7.9%
The Bank of England now forecasts a higher inflation and becoming less certain on economic growth.
Economy, United Kingdom. 15 February, 2011, 18:01
United Kingdom: Inflation hits 4%
CPI Inflation reached 4% in January 2011. Although the BoE is still holding up, we shall expect unwelcome interest rates hike sooner rather than later.
Economy, United Kingdom. 10 February, 2011, 20:10
United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC Keeps Interest Rate and Quantitative Easing Unchanged
The Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%, and the size of asset purchase programme at £200 billion.
Economy, United Kingdom. 26 January, 2011, 21:41
United Kingdom: Bank of England Minutes & Prime Minister’s Question
Bank of England comptemplated the idea of raising interest rate, while David Cameron will stick to its deficit-cutting.
Economy, United Kingdom. 25 January, 2011, 18:32
United Kingdom: Back in Recession. No, Stagflation
The UK economy is shrinking again. Bad news for Mervyn King and David Cameron, who is facing recession and inflation at the same time.
Economy, United Kingdom. 18 January, 2011, 23:00
United Kingdom: to raise (interest rates) or not to raise?
Interest rates will be on the rise, no question about that. The question is when. And this is a warning for people who think interest rates will stay low for long time.
Economy, United Kingdom. 20 December, 2010, 18:58
Why UK can and US cannot?
George Osborne was greeted by the US with respect for the deficit cutting. Indeed, it is rather amazing that UK can do it, but not the others.