Bank of England Likely to Lift Key Interest Rate to 5.75 Percent This Week

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of England policy makers will
probably raise the benchmark interest rate for the fifth time in a
year this week as Governor Mervyn King wins more support for an
increase to curb inflation, a survey of economists shows.

The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee will lift the Bank
Rate to 5.75 percent, the highest since April 2001, according to
53 out of 60 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. The central
bank will announce the decision at noon in London on July 5 and
release minutes of its meeting on July 18.


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Kenya's central bank cuts interest rate to 8.5 pct

(Reuters) - Kenya's central bank said on Monday said it had cut its key CBR interest rate to 8.5 percent from 10 percent.

"The Monetary Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) held its fifteenth meeting on Wednesday ... and advised the CBK (Central Bank of Kenya) to set the CBR at 8.5 percent," a weekly bulletin from the central bank said. "The Central Bank concurred with the recommendation."


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