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The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, speaks at a press conference in London, Thursday May 11, 2023. The Bank of England raised interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)

Bank of England cuts U.K. interest rates again despite modest budget-related inflation spike

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

FILE - The Bank of England is pictured in London, on Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big U.S. Fed rate cut

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is given a tour of the Sizewell B nuclear power facility by Station Director Robert Gunn in Sizewell, England, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Bank of England keeps main interest rate at 16-year high of 5.25% despite inflation fall

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

The Bank of England in London is shown on Dec. 15, 2022. Inflation in the U.K. returned to the Bank of England's target rate of 2% for the first time in nearly three years, official figures showed Wednesday, June 19, 2024, a development that has been seized on by the governing Conservative Party that its economic plan is “working” ahead of the general election in just over two weeks. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

U.K. inflation falls to Bank of England’s 2% target rate for first time in nearly 3 years

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

View at the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is set to join its peers in the U.S. and Europe in keeping borrowing rates unchanged at its policy meeting on Thursday, Dec. 14 despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Bank of England holds interest rates at a 15-year high despite worries about the economy

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on Jan. 18, 2023. Britain's Treasury chief said he would be prepared to see the U.K. economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation. (AP Photo/ Frank Augstein, File)

U.K.’s Treasury chief accepts that recession may be necessary to get inflation down

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

A man walks past the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates later Thursday to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Bank of England raises U.K. interest rates to highest level since 2008

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Rishi Sunak outside his home in London, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Friday Oct. 21, 2022. British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. (Beresford Hodge/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson eyes comeback as UK Conservatives pick new PM

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about lowering costs for American families at Irvine Valley Community College, in Irvine, Calif., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lack of thoughtful leadership destroying the world economy

By Peter Morici

A woman walks past a headline posted on a wall in London, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The British pound has stabilized in Asian trading after plunging to a record low, as the Bank of England and the British government try to soothe markets nervous about a volatile U.K. economy. The instability is having real-world impacts, with several British mortgage lenders withdrawing deals amid concern that interest rates may soon rise sharply. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Bank of England to buy U.K. bonds to avert financial risk

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

From left, Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor for Financial Stability; Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England; and James Bell, executive director for communications are seated during the Bank of England's financial stability report press conference, at the Bank of England, London, Tuesday July 5, 2022. The Bank of England is likely to announce its biggest interest rate increase in more than 27 years as it seeks to rein in accelerating inflation driven by the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Bank of England predicts recession at the end of the year

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - A bus drives past the Bank of England before the release of the Monetary Policy Report at the Bank of England in London, Thursday, May 5, 2022. The Bank of England is under pressure to raise interest rates more aggressively amid concern that the quarter-percentage-point hike expected Thursday will do little to combat price increases that have pushed inflation to a 40-year high. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Bank of England hikes interest rates but resists bolder move

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A waiter prepares the closing of a pub in London's Soho area just before the start of a national lockdown for England, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. A second lockdown in England is set to come into force on Thursday. It's a big blow to businesses that sweeps away any hopes that the British economy might have recovered by the end of this year a large proportion of the near 25% drop endured in the spring. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK bolsters economic support as England goes into lockdown

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Bank of England asks banks on readiness for negative rates

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

British judge refuses to give Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro control of gold in Bank of England

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In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Gold in London bank sparks battle between Venezuelan rivals

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Bank of England raises bond-buying program by 100 billion pounds in latest effort to limit UK’s coro

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Bank of England cuts key interest rate to 0.25% as emergency measure in response to COVID-19

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Bank of England has opted to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 0.75% after recent run of firm

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Clouds drift over the European Central Bank, right, in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Central banks join to study possible digital currencies

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