BoE
edges closer to first rate rise by leading central bank since
2011
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The
Bank of England is moving closer to a rate rise after some members of the
interest-rate -setting Monetary Policy Committee indicated that they stand ready
to vote for an earlier-than-expected increase. The bank， which has kept interest rates at the historically low rate of 0.5
per cent since 2009， would be the first leading central
bank to increase rates since the European Central Bank tightened its monetary
policy in the summer of 2011.
英國央行加息預期增強
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英國央行(BoE)離加息更近了。此前負責利率設定的貨幣政策委員會(MPC)一些委員暗示，他們準備投票贊成在早于外界預期的時候加息。英國央行自2009年以來一直將利率保持在0.5%的歷史低位。如果該行加息，那么它將是自歐洲央行(ECB)2011年夏天收緊貨幣政策以來第一家升息的主要央行。