The action came after an emergency meeting of the bank's monetary policy committee.

That was the main message from the minutes of October's monetary policy committee meeting.

Now through a proposed monetary policy committee, they should be freer to carry out those policies themselves.

Economists said the vote was a sign that monetary policy committee thinks the British economy is solid.

The monetary policy committee of Germany's central bank will meet next Thursday.

The 9-0 vote for more quantitative easing would appear to show that other members of the monetary policy committee think the same way.

However, recent speeches by him and other monetary policy committee members have revealed signs of significant disagreement over the next move.

The Bank's monetary policy committee has already cut rates sharply to 2% from 5% and is likely to cut them again next month.

Also weighing on prices is the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee meeting next week.

While in this role, he was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee.

The figures were reported as Federal Reserve officials from around the country gathered here for a meeting of their monetary policy committee.

The monetary policy committee announced £75bn-worth of quantitative easing last month in an effort to prevent a recession.

For the time being, the Bank's monetary policy committee is likely to continue to trot out standard lines about monitoring risks in both directions.

After January, the next meeting of the Fed's monetary policy committee will be on March 26.

Kim then joined the monetary policy committee of the Bank of Korea.

The bank's monetary policy committee left the so-called repo rate at 4.5 percent, after increasing it in May and June.

For about 40 of the past 50 months, the Monetary Policy Committee has overshot this.

"It is likely that inflation will rise further above the target in the near term," the Bank of England's monetary policy committee said.

The Brazilian central bank's monetary policy committee lowered a benchmark overnight interest rate 50 basis points to 16.5 percent in a move that surprised economists.

The bank's monetary policy committee has cut rates six times this year, to 4.5 percent, and investors are expecting another quarter-point cut.

In two weeks time the Monetary Policy committee will meet to revise their annual forecasts, and they have not ruled out taking further steps.

Treasuries were mixed in quiet trading ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Fed's monetary policy committee.

"Indicators of world economic activity have been weaker than expected over the last few months," the bank's Monetary Policy Committee said in a statement today.

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee will be forced, probably sooner rather than later, to raise the base rate to combat rising inflation.

The appointment was for a five year term, and carried with it membership of the influential Monetary Policy Committee.