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Bank of England to probe possible leak of QE decision to Sun newspaper
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he would look into how The Sun newspaper was able to report that the central bank would expand its asset purchase programme by 150 billion pounds ($196 billion), hours before it was officially announced. Leaks of BoE policy decisions are almost unheard of, but a series of government decisions on COVID measures, including economic support, have been reported in British newspapers ahead of their official announcement. “Yes, we will look into it,” Bailey told reporters when asked about the Sun report in a news conference after the BoE had officially announced the ... (full story)