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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 8 May 2024, the MPC voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 5.25%. Two members preferred to reduce Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 5%. The ...
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Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting, with many calling for raising interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed. Some members saw the chance of a faster-than-expected pace of interest rate hikes on heightening prospects of inflation ...