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Posted on September 25, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleThe Bank of England has set a new record by allocating £87.15 billion in its short-term repo operation, surpassing previous records to provide banks with reserves.
LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England on Thursday allotted a record 87.149 billion pounds ($117.19 billion) in seven-day funds in its weekly short-term repo operation, higher than a previous record of 83.085 billion pounds set two weeks ago.
The central bank is using increasingly its short-term repo operations as a way to provide banks with reserves as it runs down its stockpile of government bonds bought under its quantitative easing programme.
($1 = 0.7437 pounds)
(Writing by William Schomberg, Editing by Paul Sandle)
The Bank of England allotted a record 87.149 billion pounds ($117.19 billion) in its weekly short-term repo operation.
The central bank is increasingly using short-term repo operations to provide banks with reserves as it runs down its stockpile of government bonds bought under its quantitative easing program.
The amount allotted is higher than the previous record, indicating a significant increase in the central bank's efforts to manage liquidity in the banking system.
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