Interest Rates
(asked on 18th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of negative interest rates being introduced in the current financial year.
This question was answered on 1st October 2020
Monetary policy, including decisions on Bank Rate, is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England. Therefore, the Government does not comment on the conduct of monetary policy.
As noted in the minutes published on 17 September, the MPC will continue to review the appropriateness of a negative policy rate as a policy tool alongside its broader toolkit.