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U.K. BoE QE Total

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Dec 16, 2021

Actual

875B

Forecast

875B

The total amount of Quantitative Easing the Bank of England has chosen to implement. QE involves the BOE purchasing gilts from private investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.
A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the GBP , while a weaker than forecast reading is generally supportive (bullish) for the GBP.

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Currency: GBP

Source: Bank of England

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Dec 16, 2021 (Dec)	12:00	875B	875B	875B
Nov 04, 2021 (Nov)	12:00	875B	875B	875B
Sep 23, 2021 (Sep)	11:00	875B	875B	875B
Aug 05, 2021 (Aug)	11:00	875B	875B	875B
Jun 24, 2021 (Jun)	11:00	875B	875B	875B
May 06, 2021 (May)	11:00	875B	875B	875B

News

WATCH LIVE: Bank of England Press Conference with Governor Bailey By Investing.com - Aug 05, 2021

Key Points Bank of England votes 8-0 to keep Bank Rate unchanged at 0.1% Bank of England votes 7-1 to maintain asset purchases; Saunders dissents Saunders preferred lowering target for stock of assets...

WATCH LIVE: BoE Governor Bailey holds press conference after May’21 decision By Investing.com - May 06, 2021

Key Points Bank of England voted 9-0 to keep interest rate unchanged Voted 8-1 to keep stock of asset purchases unchanged, Haldane dissented To slow pace of asset purchases, not a change in monetary...

Bank of England to slow pace of asset purchases, interest rate unchanged By Investing.com - May 06, 2021 6

By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – The Bank of England decided on Thursday to slow the pace of asset purchases under their QE programme to £3.441bln per week from the current pace of...

Analysis

PREVIEW: BoE policy announcement By Ryan Anderson - Aug 05, 2021

BoE rate decision, minutes & MPR due 5th August 2021 at 12:00BST/07:00EDT. Press conference due at 13:00BST/08:00EDT Base Rate and APF set to be held at 0.1% and GBP 895bln...

Preview: BoE policy Announcement - Base Rate And APF Expected Unchanged By Ryan Anderson - May 06, 2021

BoE rate decision, minutes & MPR due 6th May 2021 at 12:00BST/07:00EDT. Press conference due at 13:00BST/08:00EDT Base Rate and APF set to be held at 0.1% and GBP 895bln respectively Focus for...

Bank Of England To Add A Further £100bn Of QE, But What Is The Impact? By Richard Perry - Jun 18, 2020

The Bank of England has eased monetary policy pretty much as expected today. The Monetary Policy Committee has held interest rates steady at +0.1%, whilst also increasing its purchase of government...

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