BoE maintains interest rates at 0.5%; Two members vote for rise
Market anticipates a May hike
Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold interest rates at their current level of 0.5%, although two members voted to hike rates by 25 basis points (bps).
The dissent from two members, Ian McCafferty and Michael Saunders, to vote for a hike is in contrast to the February meeting, at which all seven members voted unanimously to hold rates. In the aftermath...
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