英格蘭銀行宣布維持利率於0.5% - 理財

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【匯市新聞】英國央行宣布維持利率0.5%，量化寬鬆規模不變

鉅亨網新聞中心（來源：財華社）2010-04-08 19:20:01　

英國央行周四宣布，將利率維持在紀錄低點0.5%不變，同時將量化寬鬆規模維持在2000英
鎊。

在2009年3月，英國央行將利率降至紀錄低點，並啟動資產購買計劃。隨著信貸條件的改
善，央行於今年2月暫停量化寬鬆計劃，並表示，若經濟條件惡化，會重啟資產購買進程
。多數分析師認為，英國央行料將不會擴大量化寬鬆計劃，並可能在今年晚些時候開始
升息。

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Ref. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2010/037.htm

News Release

Bank of England Maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and Maintains the size of the
Asset Purchase Programme at ￡200 billion

8 April 2010

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 maintain the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance
of central bank reserves at ￡200 billion.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 21 April.

Notes to Editors

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.

In line with the Committee's announcement last September, the timing of the
General Election means that the next Monetary Policy Committee meeting will
conclude on the morning of Monday 10 May, with the decision announced at 12
noon. The Inflation Report will be published as originally scheduled on
Wednesday 12 May.

Information on the Asset Purchase Facility can be found on the Bank of
England website at
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetarypolicy/assetpurchases.htm.

The Bank will continue to purchase high-quality private sector assets on
behalf of the Treasury and financed by the issue of Treasury bills, in line
with the arrangements announced on 29 January 2009.

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