Per Bloomberg:
The Bank of England unexpectedly cut the benchmark interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to the lowest since 1955 as policy makers tried to limit damage caused by the worst banking crisis in almost a century.
The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, reduced the bank rate to 3 percent, the biggest single step in more than a decade. The move was predicted by none of the 60 economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
To compare current EU rate cut with UK and US interest rates over time, take a look at the following graph:
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You can find the graph under US, UK or Euro Zone in FXEconostats website.
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