LONDON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of England (BoE) has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.5 percent, Britain's central bank said in a statement on Thursday.
At its meeting concluding on Wednesday, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority of eight to one to maintain the rate. One member preferred a reduction of 0.25 percentage point to 4.25 percent. ■
