The Bank Rate's record period of stability has today hit the six year mark, after it was frozen again.

The rate will be remaining at 0.5% after it was announced this afternoon that The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to maintain it for another month.

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The base rate has been unchanged for an unprecedented period, with the last time a change was made being March 2009.
The committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion. The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 March.