With outlook uncertain, the Bank of England joins the US Fed in putting interest rates on hold
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With outlook uncertain, the Bank of England joins the US Fed in putting interest rates on hold

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LONDON — The Bank of England kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% on Thursday even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S. The decision by the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee was widely expected, and comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged. The rate-setting panel has reduced the Bank of England’s main rate from a 16-year high of 5.25% by a quarter of a percentage on three occasions since last August, most recently in February, after inflation fell from the multi-decade highs of over 10% reached in the wake of the sharp spike in energy prices following Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. “We still think that interest rates are on a gradually declining path, but we’ve held them at 4.5% today.” If policymakers continue to pursue their recent gradual approach, then another cut is likely in May, when they will be armed with the bank’s latest economic projections and Bank Gov. Bailey said rate-setters will be “looking very closely at how the global and domestic economies are evolving” and that whatever happens, “it’s our job to make sure that inflation stays low and stable.” The U.S. Federal Reserve, which kept borrowing rates unchanged Wednesday, also expressed uncertainty about the near-term economic outlook, particularly in light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which economists worry would lower global growth and lead to an uptick in prices.

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