Bank expected to hold rates at 0.5%

Bank of England policymakers are unlikely to deliver an early Christmas present to the economy despite warnings that output could shrink again in the final three months of the year.

The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is forecast to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% and hold its quantitative easing (QE) stock at £375 billion.
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