Category Archives: Bank of England Base Rate


A Year of 0.5%

The Bank of England Base Rate has now spent a year at just 0.5%.   On 5 March 2009, the Bank of England cut its base rate to 0.5%, bringing to an end a series of cuts which began in December 2007 with a reduction from 5.75% to 5.50%. Back in March 2009 our bulletin on the 0.5% rate, entitled…

read more »