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UK interest rates lowered to 0.5%

Started by propertyfag, March 05, 2009, 01:10:59 PM

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The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.5% - a fresh all-time low - and says it will now boost the money supply to help revive the economy.

Interest rates have now been reduced six times since October, and the latest half a percentage point cut from January's 1% had been expected.

The Bank said it would expand the amount of money in the system by £75bn in an attempt to boost bank lending.

This policy, so far untried in the UK, is called quantitative easing.

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Badger

Um Yes, its also called we are in the shit if it fails !, deflation is very bad