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Why is the Bank of England buying government debt?

    The Bank of England has announced it would buy government bonds on a temporary basis to help “restore orderly market conditions”.

    It pledged to buy £65bn of the bonds after Friday’s mini-budget sparked turmoil on financial markets and the pound plunged. Investors had demanded a much higher return for investing in the government bonds, usually a stable investment, causing some to halve in value.

    The BBC’s Economics Editor Faisal Islam explains the move.


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