UK interest rates cut to 0.25%
The BBC
Business News
UK interest rates have been cut from 0.5% to 0.25% - a record low and the first cut since 2009.
The Bank of England announced a range of measures to stimulate the UK economy including buying £60bn of UK government bonds and £10bn of corporate bonds.
The Bank also announced the biggest cut to its growth forecasts since it started making them in 1992.
It has reduced its growth prediction for 2017 from the 2.3% it was expecting in May to 0.8%.
Credit: The BBC
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