Bank of England allots second-highest amount on record at short-term repo

January 02, 2025
A view of the Bank of England and the financial district, in London, Britain.

The Bank of England announced Thursday that it had allocated 46.180 billion pounds ($57.49 billion) at its first short-term repo of 2025, which is the second-highest sum ever recorded. This is an increase from the 38.075 billion pounds at a repo on December 19.

In exchange for high-quality collateral, banks can borrow money from the BoE through the short-term repo, which is intended to keep interbank lending rates near its policy interest rate. The repo is typically available for a duration of seven days.

The highest amount allotted in the repo was 46.743 billion pounds on Oct. 24.

($1 = 0.8033 pounds)