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People walk by part of the facade of The Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The Bank of England has announced Thursday, that it has cut official interest rates by half a percentage point to a record low of 0.5 percent, the sixth consecutive month that the central bank has lowered interest rates, as attention is turning to other methods to ease the economic crisis. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)