Bank of England keeps 13.5bn pound weekly pace of gilt purchases

• The central bank will hold three reverse auctions a day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, buying 1.5 billion pounds of short-, medium- and long-dated government bonds at each.

The central bank will hold three reverse auctions a day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, buying 1.5 billion pounds of short-, medium- and long-dated government bonds at each.

British government bond prices fell slightly after the BoE announcement, which unlike last week did not increase the pace of purchases.