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‘There are very big risks to the economy’, says Bank of England Governor
We spoke to the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, and asked him how big a risk he thought he and his colleagues were taking by raising rates despite a looming recession.
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Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4% – 14 year high
The Bank of England may have sounded a little less gloomy about the economy today – predicting that the recession will end sooner than it previously thought and that the rate of inflation will fall rapidly later this year. But, it still put its base interest rate up again – this time to 4 per…
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Bank of England raises interest rate to 3.5% – highest level in 14 years
Workers’ pay demands have been largely in response to cost of living pressures caused by soaring inflation.
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Economy was potentially hours away from meltdown, says Bank of England governor
We spoke to the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey after his announcement, and began by asking him how worried he was about the prospect of a downturn longer than the great depression of the 1930s.
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Bank of England interest rate hike explained
Is it inevitable that the economy descends into a protracted recession?
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Interest rates rise to 3% as Bank of England warns of long recession
People are already struggling with soaring costs and a tax burden, the highest since World War Two. Now the Bank of England is preparing us all for years of economic pain. Yet today it responded with the biggest interest rates rise for 30 years. The Bank said it had no choice because it needed to…
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Bank of England to end bond-buying programme: What does it mean for pensions?
The cost of government borrowing has continued to soar after the Bank of England insisted that it will stop its emergency bond-buying programme this Friday, despite earlier reports that it would be extended.
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Bank of England forced to intervene to shore up government bond markets
The Bank of England was forced to intervene to shore up government bond markets and, once again, it warned of a “material risk to the UK’s financial stability”.
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FactCheck: Kwarteng wrongly claims Bank of England intervention ‘nothing to do’ with mini budget
A top Bank of England economist said it was a factor.
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FactCheck: Why the Bank of England had to rescue pension funds from the ‘doom loop’
Don’t worry, we’ll make it simple.
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Bank of England ‘rightly reversed their policy, says Tory MP
Conservative MP and former government minister John Redwood has been a defender of the government’s plans, and joined us from his Wokingham constituency.
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Bank of England takes emergency action to calm market
As the economic storm clouds over the UK darkened further still, the Bank of England today staged a dramatic intervention – saying it will start buying up government debt in an effort to stabilise markets and protect pension funds.
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FactCheck: What did the Bank of England do to bonds today and why?
Bonds, gilts, and market turmoil explained.
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Investors see chancellor’s package as ‘irresponsible’, says former deputy governor at the Bank of England
We spoke to Sir Charles Bean, a British economist and former deputy governor at the Bank of England.
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Bank of England should ‘see how the markets settle down’ before emergency interest rise, says economist Gerard Lyons
We spoke to the economist Gerard Lyons, a senior fellow at the Policy Exchange thinktank who has advised the government on their current economic plan.