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Bank of England Hints Move to More Stimulus
September 21, 2011

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London. Minutes of the Bank of England’s last rate-setting meeting suggest that it is gearing up to pump billions more into a program to stimulate a faltering economy, but not yet.

Though only one of the nine members voted in favor of resuming asset purchases, minutes of the September meeting released Wednesday said that some members believed “a continuation of the conditions seen over the past month would probably be sufficient to justify an expansion of the asset purchase program at a subsequent meeting.”

The Bank of England poured 200 billion pounds ($320 billion) into the economy in 2009 through asset purchases, a policy known as quantitative easing.

All nine rate-setters also voted to keep the main interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.5 percent.

Associated Press