Still lurking
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MAY, June, July, August: all saw quarter-point increases in interest rates. But no one was surprised on September 11th when the Bank of England's monetary policy committee at its monthly meeting kept rates at 7%.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Still lurking”
From the September 13th 1997 edition
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