Britain's BoE raises interest rate to 0.75 pct
STORY: Britain's BoE raises interest rate to 0.75 pct
DATELINE: March 18, 2022
LENGTH: 0:00:40
LOCATION: London
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1 various of the Bank of England
2 various of the financial areas in London
STORYLINE:
Britain's central bank, the Bank of England (BoE), has once again lifted the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 percent in a move to combat the rising inflation, according to a BoE statement on Thursday.
The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on Wednesday and voted by a majority of 8-1 to increase the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points.
The BoE has raised borrowing costs several times since December to bring down the country's soaring inflation, which reached a 30-year high of 5.5 percent in January.
The committee expected Britain's inflation to grow further in the coming months, to around 8 percent in the second quarter in 2022, and perhaps even higher later this year.
The MPC said the Russia-Ukraine conflict has "led to further large increases in energy and ot
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