Bank of England holds rates at 0.5%

View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Thursday Apr 09 2009 Breaking news Bank of England holds rates at 0.5% The Bank of England's monetary policy committee agreed to hold interest rates steady on Thursday for the first time since last September and maintained its commitment to buy up to £150bn in government gilts and corporate bonds. The decision to keep interest rates at 0.5 per cent was widely expected, after rates have been cut by a total of 4.5 percentage points in the six meetings of the MPC since September. Read more » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this briefing on FT.com Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Change your email address Change whether you receive this email as HTML or plain text | Forward this email to a friend Privacy policy | Advertise | Contact © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. The Financial Times Limited, registered in England and Wales number 227590. Registered office: Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. VAT number GB 278 5371 21.