BOE Keeps Bond-Purchase Plan at 200 Billion Pounds


The Bank of England pledged to spend the rest of its 200 billion-pound ($318 billion) bond purchase program as policy makers sought to ensure the economy’s escape from the recession.

Bank of England Statement

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to continue with its programme of asset purchases totalling £200 billion financed by the issuance of central bank reserves.

The Committee expects the announced programme to take another month to complete. The scale of the programme will be kept under review.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 20 January.

The previous change in Bank Rate was a reduction of 0.5 percentage points to 0.5% on 5 March 2009. A programme of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves was initiated on 5 March 2009. The most recent change in the size of that programme was an increase of £25 billion to a total of £200 billion on 5 November 2009.

BOE Keeps Bond-Purchase Plan at 200 Billion Pounds


TradingEconomics.com, Bloomberg, BoE
1/7/2010 10:13:16 AM


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