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UK rates held in sign of return to normality

By Chris Giles, Economics Editor

Published: September 10 2009 12:00 | Last updated: September 10 2009 12:00

The Bank of England signalled that the economy was on its way back to normality on Thursday when it left monetary policy unchanged and felt no need to explain its decision.

The monetary policy committee held interest rates at 0.5 per cent and decided not to expand its £175bn programme of quantitative easing – creating money to buy assets.

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