Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

The Bank of England has refrained from unleashing further emergency support for the economy, despite receiving a jolt over the health of the UK's recovery.

The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained interest rates at record lows of 0.5% and held its quantitative easing (QE) programme at £375 billion as it continues to work through £50 billion of asset purchases announced in July.
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