Oil rout forces BOE to keep key rate at record low
London
BANK of England (BOE) officials said that the near-term outlook for both UK economic growth and inflation has weakened and that recent market volatility highlights the downside risks to the world economy.
After a tumultuous start to 2016 in global markets and a continued drop in oil prices, eight of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said that keeping the key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 per cent for now would "best balance the risks" to the econom…
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