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.
英国央行加息预期增强
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英国央行(BoE)离加息更近了。此前负责利率设定的货币政策委员会(MPC)一些委员暗示，他们准备投票赞成在早于外界预期的时候加息。英国央行自2009年以来一直将利率保持在0.5%的历史低位。如果该行加息，那么它将是自欧洲央行(ECB)2011年夏天收紧货币政策以来第一家升息的主要央行。