Property News Item: 00177

6th Jul 2006

Bank of England keeps interest rates at 4.5%

Source: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 4.5%.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 19 July.

The previous change in interest rates was a reduction of 0.25 percentage points to 4.5% on 4 August 2005.