17 September 2001, 16:33  BoE says no change to next MPC meeting date despite US FOMC rate cut

LONDON (AFX) - A Bank of England spokeswoman said there is no change to the date of the next rate-setting meeting of the monetary policy committee. Speaking after the US Federal Reserve's open market committee cut rates by 50 basis points, the spokeswoman said the BoE would never comment on another central bank's policy. "The next MPC meeting will be on Oct 3 and 4 as far as we know at the moment," she said. BoE governor Eddie George has said a concerted round of rate cuts is unlikely but that the MPC would be ready to act if there was any economic fallout from last week's devastating attacks against the US.

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