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Bank of England cut its key rate to 1%

The Bank of England cut its key rate by half a percentage point to 1%. However, even with the move, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said that there was still disruption in money markets and the rate cuts have not yet had their full impact.

The MPC cited the sharp drop in output in the fourth quarter of last year and a similar drop early this year.

Nationwide, the UK's largest building society announced that it reduced its base mortgage rate to 3% from 3.5%.The MPC pointed to the global nature of the current slowdown and stated that the supply of credit to households and businesses remained constrained.

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