Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously in favour of holding interest rates at a record low level this month.
But one member called again for more stimulus, the Bank of England said today.
Minutes from the bank's Monetary Policy Committee meeting on May 9-10 showed that all nine members voted to keep the key lending rate at 0.5%, where it has stood since March 2009.
The MPC voted 8-1 to maintain the size of the bank's asset purchasing programme at £325 billion sterling.
Policymaker David Miles, voted for a third month in a row to increase the so-called quantitative easing programme by an additional £25 billion - and other members came close to joining him.
"For several members, the decision not to expand the asset purchase programme at this meeting was finely balanced," the minutes read.
Under QE, the central bank creates new cash which is used to purchase assets such as government and corporate bonds in the aim of giving a boost to lending and economic activity.
The minutes were published a day after the International Monetary Fund called on the Bank of England to cut interest rates and pump more cash into the recession-hit economy, which has been hit hard by the euro zone debt crisis. "
