Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 6 and 7 July 2011 | Bank of England
Central bank: boe | Type: decision | Date: 2011-07-01

Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 6 and 7 July 2011
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 6 and 7 July 2011
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 £200 billion.
Published on
20 July 2011
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, Charles Bean, Paul Tucker, Ben Broadbent, Paul Fisher, David Miles and Adam Posen) voted in favour of the proposition. Spencer Dale and Martin Weale voted against the proposition, preferring to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points.
Regarding the stock of asset purchases, eight members of the Committee (the Governor, Charles Bean, Paul Tucker, Ben Broadbent, Spencer Dale, Paul Fisher, David Miles and Martin Weale) voted in favour of the proposition. Adam Posen voted against the proposition, preferring to increase the size of the asset purchase programme by £50 billion to a total of £250 billion.
Minutes of the meeting