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Quantitative Easing Expanded to 175 Billion Pounds

Great Britain · Economy / Monetary Policy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2009

Mervyn King6 August 2009

London · Economy / Monetary Policy

Mervyn King chairs the Monetary Policy Committee as it expands the asset-purchase programme to a total of one hundred and seventy-five billion pounds.

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Mervyn King

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