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Bank of England's expanded QE hits snag

It seems investors are unwilling to part from their holdings of long bonds

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Published Wed, Aug 10, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    THE Bank of England's expanded quantitative-easing (QE) programme ran into a stumbling block on just its second day as investors proved unwilling to part with their holdings of longer-dated bonds.

    The central bank failed to buy enough gilts to reach its stated goal at an operation on Tuesday - the first such failure since it initially started quantitative easing in 2009. The yield on 10 and 30-year bonds fell to records after the operation.

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