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Bank of England raises interest rate to 4.25 pct

London, UK | Xinhua | The Bank of England (BoE) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.25 percent, the highest since autumn 2008, according to a BoE statement issued on Thursday. At its meeting ending on Wednesday, the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted …

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UK extends Bank of England overdraft over virus crisis

London, United Kingdom | AFP | The British government has expanded its overdraft with the Bank of England to help weather coronavirus disruption, it said Thursday. The government’s “ways and means facility” — effectively its overdraft account at the BoE — is also being used to temporarily help finance spending on …

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