Search results for ‘Interest rates’
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FactCheck: why has Bank of England raised interest rates to fifteen-year high and what does it mean for your mortgage?
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4%. But why have rates increased and what does it mean for mortgage holders? Let’s take a look.
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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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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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Liz Truss on tax cut U-turn and interest rates
Our political editor Gary Gibbon sits down with Prime Minister Liz Truss
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FactCheck: Why is the pound falling, interest rates rising and mortgages being pulled?
A beginner’s guide to our current financial situation.
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Bank of England under pressure to further raise interest rates
The pound’s volatility has heaped huge pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates once again.
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Interest rates rise to 2.25%
Interest rates are at their highest level for 14 years – even if they’re still relatively low.
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Social care sector already crippled by cost of living crisis, as interest rates rise
One area already hit by the cost-of-living crisis is the social care sector.
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Is raising interest rates to tackle inflation the right call?
Has the Bank’s Monetary Policy committee made the right call in forcing us to swallow the bitter pill of raising interest rates to tackle inflation?
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Why did the Bank of England raise interest rates?
Our Economics reporter Neil Macdonald joins Jackie in the studio.
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Interest rates rise to 13-year high
Interest rates have gone up for the fifth time in a row. The Bank of England has raised them by a quarter point to 1.25% – the highest level for 13 years.
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Bank of England hikes interest rates amid soaring inflation
At a time when the economy faces a growing threat from the Omicron surge, the Bank of England has hiked interest rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic. They’ve risen from their historic low of 0.1% to 0.25%.
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Bank of England hold interest rates at all-time 0.1% low
The Bank of England has decided to hold interest rates steady at 0.1%, even though it thinks inflation will hit 5% next year – way above target.
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Bank of England interest rates cut to record low – will it be enough to save businesses?
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to their lowest ever and is pumping more money into the economy to try to stop the panic on the financial markets. But will that be enough to save businesses?
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US interest rates cut amid concerns over coronavirus fallout
In the United States, the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by half a percentage point in a bid to shore up the economy and financial markets amid all the coronavirus panic.