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 poun
03 Apr, 2020
  • 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.

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