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5 Mar 2012

Bank of England meets this week


Quantitative Easing will be one of the main topics on the agenda with views spilt over whether more is needed in the light of recent tentative signs of economic stability, and uncertainty over the rate of inflation and the impact of oil price rises.

Most observers are not expecting a change to the Bank Base Rate any time soon, which is great news for some house owners (me included). When pushed on when the base rate may be raised, the general view is that rates will be stable at the all time low 0.5% for at least another 18months.

QE and base rate being two of the main weapons in the Banks armoury, it looks like a economic cease-fire might be called sending a 'steady as you go' message to the markets.