Liz Truss's mini-budget forced the Bank of England to intervene in financial markets.
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Updated Sep 24
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What happened
Liz Truss's mini-budget forced the Bank of England to intervene in financial markets.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
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The entities involved
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Bank of England
central bank of the United Kingdom
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Liz Truss
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
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euro
currency of most countries in the European Union
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