The expectations of specialists to raise interest rates come at a time when the Bank seeks to control the rising inflation rate in the United Kingdom.
Other specialists in a Reuters poll expected the bank to raise rates by 25 points, a “more moderate” amount.
The Bank of England has not raised interest rates by half a percentage point since its independence in 1997.
The Bank of England, the central bank in Britain, was one of the first banks to decide to raise interest rates last December, with the aim of controlling inflation.
The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points last week.
Bank Governor Andrew Bailey said a 50 basis point interest rate increase might be on the table.
Inflation hit a four-decade high of 9.4 percent in June in Britain, due to rising energy costs and disruptions to global supply chains.
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