Bank of England holds interest rates at 4% and slows scheme to sell stock of UK bonds
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Policymakers vote as expected for pause, with rate of annual price rises running at nearly double 2% target Bank of England policymakers have left interest rates on hold at 4%, amid concerns about persistent above-target inflation. The Bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) voted by a majority of
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