Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 3 and 4 September 2014 | Bank of England
Central bank: boe | Type: decision | Date: 2014-09-01

Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 3 and 4 September 2014
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 3 and 4 September 2014
The MPC at its meeting voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion.
Published on
17 September 2014
The Governor invited the Committee to vote on the propositions that:
Bank Rate should be maintained at 0.5%;
Regarding Bank Rate, seven members of the Committee (the Governor, Ben Broadbent, Jon Cunliffe, Nemat Shafik, Kristin Forbes, Andrew Haldane and David Miles) voted in favour of the proposition. Ian McCafferty and Martin Weale voted against the proposition, preferring to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points.
Regarding the stock of purchased assets, the Committee voted unanimously in favour of the proposition.
Minutes of the meeting