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The minutes of the last Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 7 and 8 November reveal David Miles was the only member calling for a boost to the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is split over whether to commit to further quantitative easing, according to minutes from this month's meeting.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the interest rate at 0.5%.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted five to four to maintain quantitative easing (QE) at £325bn this month, overruling the governor and three colleagues who called for further expansion.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today resisted calls to expand its quantitative easing programme and cut interest rates, even though the UK is officially back in recession.

Uncertainty in the eurozone will remain "for the next few years" and continue to act as a drag on the UK economy, Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Spencer Dale has been quoted as saying.

April UK retail sales have come in well below forecast as Bank of England minutes have revealed many MPC members are considering voting for further quantitative easing.

Bank of England policymaker Adam Posen will step down from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on 31 August when his three-year term comes to an end.

Fifteen years after Gordon Brown gave the Bank of England its independence, Dan Conaghan examines how it has fared.

RBS has revised its Bank of England forecasts, scrapping its prediction of further QE and forecasting an initial hike in UK interest rates in the second quarter of next year.