Bank of England holds interest rates, asset-buying (Reuters)

The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the 13th month running on Thursday and made no increase to its 200 billion pounds asset-buying scheme to boost the economy

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the seventh month running on Thursday and said it would keep its 175 billion pound asset buying programme in place.

Reuters - The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the seventh month running on Thursday and said it would keep its 175 billion pound asset buying programme in place.

The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low 0.5 percent for a second month running on Thursday and said it would increase the size of its asset purchase programme by 50 billion pounds.

The Bank of England on Thursday kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent and made no increase to its unprecedented scheme of pumping money into an economy struggling to get back on its feet.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent on Thursday, as widely expected, ahead of the new government's June 22 budget which will detail the extent of fiscal tightening Britain faces.

The Bank of England surprised markets by announcing no expansion of its quantitative easing scheme on Thursday as it left interest rates unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent for a fourth month running.

Reuters - The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low 0.5 percent for a second month running on Thursday and said it would increase the size of its asset purchase programme by 50 billion pounds.