Bank of England Base Rate History   Year Month Base Rate % Change %   10th April 5.00 -0.25 2008 7th February 5.25 -0.25 2007 6th December 5.50 -0.25   5th July 5.75 +0.25   10th May 5.50 +0.25   11th January 5.25 +0.25 2006 9th November 5.00 +0.25   7th September 4.75 +0.25 2005 4th August 4.50 -0.25 2004 5th August 4.75 +0.25   10th June 4.50 +0.25   6th May 4.25 +0.25   5th Feb 4.00 +0.25 2003 6th Nov 3.75 +0.25   10th July 3.50 -0.25   7th Feb 3.75 -0.25 2001 8th Nov 4.00 -0.50   3rd Oct 4.50 -0.25   19th Sept 4.75 -0.25   2nd Aug 5.00 -0.25   10th May 5,25 -0.25   5th April 5.50 -0.25   8th Feb 5.75 -0.25 2000 10th Feb 6.00 +0.25   14th Jan 5.75 +0.25 1999 Sept 5.25 +0.25   Jun 5.00 -0.25   Feb 5.25 -0.25   Feb 5.50 -0.50   Jan 6.00 -0.25 1998 Dec 6.25 -0.50   Nov 6.75 -0.50   Oct 7.25 -0.25   June 7.50 +0.25 1997 Nov 7.25 +0.25   Aug 7.00 +0.25   Jul 6.75 +0.25   Jun 6.50 +0.25   May 6.25 +0.25 1996 Oct 6.00 +0.25   Jun 5.75 -0.25   Mar 6.00 -0.25   Jan 6.25 -0.25 1995 Dec 6.50 -0.25   Feb 6.75 +0.5 1994 Dec 6.25 +0.5   Sep 5.75 +0.5   Feb 5.25 -0.25 1993 Nov 5.50 -0.5   Jan 6.00 -1.0 1992 Nov 7.00 -1.0   Oct 8.00 -1.0   Sep 9.00 -1.0   May 10.00 -0.5 1991 Sep 10.50 -0.5   Jul 11.00 -0.5   May 11.50 -0.5   Apr 12.00 -0.5   Mar 12.50 -0.5   Feb 13.00 -1.0 1990 Oct 14.00 -1.0 1989 May 14.00 +1.0   Nov 13.00 +1.0   Aug 12.00 +1.5   Jul 10.50 -1.0   Jun 9.50 +2.0   May 7.50 -0.5   Apr 8.00 -0.5   Mar 8.50 -0.5 1988 Feb 9.00 +0.5   Dec 8.50 -0.5   Nov 9.00 -0.5   Oct 9.50 -0.5   Aug 10.00 +1.0   May 9.00 -0.5   Apr 9.50 -0.5 1987 Mar 10.00 -1.0   Oct 11.00 +1.0   May 10.00 -0.5   Apr 10.50 -1.0   Mar 11.50 -1.0 1986 Jan 12.50 +1.0   Jul 11.50 -1.0   May 12.50 -0.25   Apr 12.75 -0.75   Mar 13.50 -0.5 1985 Jan 14.00 -