Thursday preview: BoE meeting, Halfords

At noon on Thursday, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to reveal whether it has made any alterations to its key interest rate and asset purchase programme (also known as quantitative easing, or QE).

At noon on Thursday, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to reveal whether it has made any alterations to its key interest rate and asset purchase programme (also known as quantitative easing, or QE).

The smart money is on there being no change, with the interest rate staying at 0.5% and the asset purchase (quantitative easing, or QE) pot staying at £375bn.

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