Bank of England Leaves Key Rate Unchanged

Courtesy NYT > Business  Thu, 07/09/2009 - 05:48

The bank kept its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent and stuck to its plan of buying bonds with newly printed money after recent data quashed earlier hopes of a recovery.


 

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