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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Bank of England forced to boost bond-buying scheme amid market turmoil

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The Bank of England announced that it will further expand its emergency bond-buying scheme, as it warned that an ongoing market rout on government debt poses a risk to Britain’s financial stability.

Traders have continued to dump government bonds this week, pushing up the price of borrowing and posing a “material risk to UK financial stability”, according to the central bank.

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