Interest rates held at 5.25% – Bank of England

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'If we don't raise rates now, it could be worse later,' explains Bank of England chief, as interest rates climb to a 15-year high.

The Bank of England has cut the base interest rate by 0.5%, taking it back down to a mere 0.25%, as part of a package of emergency measures to cope with the economic effects of the Coronavirus outbreak.