Bank of England rates now 1.5%

February 7, 2009 · Filed Under Interest Rates 

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The Bank of England cut rates by 50 basis points to 1.5% in what is becoming the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s. 

The UK has been harder hit than most amid a dramatic slowdown in consumer spending, negative economic growth and falling housing prices.

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