Economics IA
COMMENTARY COVERSHEET
IB Economics commentary number:______2_____
Title of extract:
_____ Bank of England Holds Rate at Already Low Level
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Source of extract:__ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/business/global/bank-of-england-holds-rate-at-already-low-level.html?_r=0__(Date of access : October 4, 2013) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Date of extract: _____ September 5, 2013______________________
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Date the commentary was written: _____October 5, 2013_______________
Section of the syllabus to which the commentary relates: Section____2_______
Candidate name: Haimeng Zhang________________________________________________
Candidate number: 003338-_______
Bank of England Holds Rate at Already Low Level
By JULIA WERDIGIER and STEPHEN CASTLE
Published: September 5, 2013
LONDON — The Bank of England made good on its pledge to keep interest rates low on Thursday, amid signs that Britain’s economic recovery was picking up steam.
The British central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent. It also said it would hold its program of economic stimulus at £375 billion, or $580 billion.
After avoiding a triple-dip recession at the beginning of the year, the British economy started to recover. Relatively low borrowing costs, a buoyant housing market and an improvement of the economic situation in the euro zone, Britain’s largest export market, pushed growth to 0.7 percent in the three months that ended June 30.
But the Bank of England governor,
IB Economics commentary number:______2_____
Title of extract:
_____ Bank of England Holds Rate at Already Low Level
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Source of extract:__ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/business/global/bank-of-england-holds-rate-at-already-low-level.html?_r=0__(Date of access : October 4, 2013) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Date of extract: _____ September 5, 2013______________________
Word count:______747______words
Date the commentary was written: _____October 5, 2013_______________
Section of the syllabus to which the commentary relates: Section____2_______
Candidate name: Haimeng Zhang________________________________________________
Candidate number: 003338-_______
Bank of England Holds Rate at Already Low Level
By JULIA WERDIGIER and STEPHEN CASTLE
Published: September 5, 2013
LONDON — The Bank of England made good on its pledge to keep interest rates low on Thursday, amid signs that Britain’s economic recovery was picking up steam.
The British central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent. It also said it would hold its program of economic stimulus at £375 billion, or $580 billion.
After avoiding a triple-dip recession at the beginning of the year, the British economy started to recover. Relatively low borrowing costs, a buoyant housing market and an improvement of the economic situation in the euro zone, Britain’s largest export market, pushed growth to 0.7 percent in the three months that ended June 30.
But the Bank of England governor,