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Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... at least until jobs, incomes and spending were growing at sustainable rates." But what happened to the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) would start considering lifting the Bank Rate when the unemployment rate hit the 7.0% threshold? Well, at the time (August ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) will also be on the spotlight this week. The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of the BoE is expected to keep interest rates steady at 5 percent despite signs of a weakening UK economy. However, rising ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... unchanged at 5 percent at its last meeting. Markets are speculating that the minutes will show that the Monetary Policy Council was leaning more toward a rate cut. Advanced second-quarter UK GDP will also be released. This is expected to rise by 0.2 ...

Daily economic update

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) voted 8-1 to keep interest rates unchanged for the seventh month in a row. The minutes of the MPC March meeting revealed that the almost unanimous decision to keep interest rates steady at 4.5 per ...
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