 Fair Investment Company | BOE Voted 8-1, Defeating Blanchflower's Call for Cut (Update1) Bloomberg - By Brian Swint May 21 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England voted 8-1 to keep the benchmark interest rate at 5 percent this month as the majority of policy makers argued that a reduction risked letting inflation get out of control. Inflation fears held Bank of England at bay Bank voted 8-1 to maintain rates |