Bank of England cuts interest rates to new record low and restarts QE
The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates to a new record low of 0.25%. This is the first change in interest rates since March 2009.
The Bank of England has also announced it will pump a further £70 billion into the UK economy. They plan to restart the quantitative easing (QE) programme and buy £60 billion of government bonds. This will increase quantitative easing to £435 billion.
The remaining £10 billion will be used to buy UK corporate bonds.
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All information is correct as at 04/08/16.