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Bank of England holds rates as services inflation lingers

“We need to be sure that inflation will stay low,” governor Andrew Bailey says

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The Bank of England (BoE) held its key policy rate flat at 5.25% in its monetary policy decision today (June 20), even though headline inflation dropped to its target of 2% in May.

In a 7–2 vote, the monetary policy committee decided to maintain a restrictive stance to make sure the “risk of inflation becoming embedded above the 2% target dissipates”. Swati Dhingra and Dave Ramsden, the two dissenting MPC members, favoured a 25 basis point rate cut.

Governor Andrew Bailey said it is “good news

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