The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday, its 12th consecutive increase, as Britain's inflation rate remained stubbornly in the double digits.Policymakers lifted the central bank's key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 percent, the highest since 2008.The long and aggressive policy tightening has continued as Britain experiences inflation that is higher than in the United States and Western Europe.
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