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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Bank of England edges closer to 'printing money'

7 comments:

Nicky said...: There is not enough cash in the economy which means, that government had to take the first step towards quantitative easing by authorising the Bank of England to buy almost £50 bn of private sector...This step should encourage banks to lend money to each other again..; 20 January 2009 at 13:50
Justintime said...: come on,come on,come on,££££££££££ i am looking forward to it. There may be many unknow consequenses but i do know that is likely lead to devaluation.; 20 January 2009 at 17:28
qiongke said...: same opinion as justin,GBp seems will lose value; 20 January 2009 at 22:38
E. Vicente said...: The problem of printing money it will make the pound weaker which can have a big impact in imports; 21 January 2009 at 17:36
Fabio xu said...: Quantitative easing attempts to halt the pace of economic decline in the UK.; 21 January 2009 at 21:38
chaoya zhuang said...: printing money might cause the inflation, but now it is deflation, so it might not cost a lot. but the government sill should be careful with it.; 22 January 2009 at 10:06
Alex Byun the POK said...: PrintPrintPrint and exchange rate go downdowndown; 23 January 2009 at 15:44

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