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To: marek_wojna who wrote (72830)	7/5/2001 7:09:15 AM
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London, July 5 (BridgeNews) - The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday left its key U.K. lending rate unchanged at 5.25%. The decision had been widely expected. Economists had predicted that the MPC would be too concerned about the strength of the consumer sector to make the rate cut that struggling manufacturers have demanded. * * * The MPC issued no statement about its decision, leaving it until the publication of the minutes of the meeting on Wednesday July 18 to reveal how it deliberated and voted. However, the economic data over the past month has served only to heighten the MPC's policy dilemma, with the manufacturing sector struggling while the consumer sector shows every sign of becoming even more buoyant. More The bridge.com ID for this story is BTBXTYV ---- GTS NewsFile: 050219.FWN (Chicago, 7/5/01 6:01:48 AM) ----