British central bank
The Bank of England raises interest rates to 5.0 percent.
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London The Bank of England is driving up interest rates in the fight against inflation. It rose half a point to 5.0 percent on Thursday.
Persistently high inflation is breathing down the necks of the currency watchdogs. Surprisingly, this did not fall in May and remained at 8.7 percent.
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