Old Lady begins quantitative easing

The Bank of England began its first round of gilt purchases on Wednesday, buying £2 billion ($2.8 billion) of the instruments outright in an attempt to boost the money supply.

The Bank bought gilts with five- to ten-year maturities.

The purchases come after the Bank announced on 5 March that it would buy up to £150 billion of government and corporate bonds as part of an unprecedented attempt to revive the health of Britain's ailing economy. It said last week that it would initially buy £75

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