Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said the UK central bank is currently reviewing all its tools and it would be foolish to rule out any one of them, including negative interest rates. "We do not rule things out as a matter of principle," Bailey told lawmakers at a Treasury committee hearing on Wednesday.
Specifically on negative interest rates, the BoE Chief said, "We're not ruling it in, and we're not ruling it out."
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