BoE moving closer to 'restrictive' fiscal territory with cancelled sale of long-dated bonds

Amid market turbulence

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The Bank of England has cancelled the previously planned sale of its long-dated bonds, pushing it to the brink of “restrictive” fiscal policy, economists have warned.

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