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Interest rates could fall if inflation stays low, says Bank of England
As expected, the Bank of England has held interest rates at five percent, after cutting them from 5 and a quarter percent last month. The Bank’s governor Andrew Bailey said the rate could come down “gradually over time” if inflation stays low.
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Bank of England cuts interest rate to 5%
Good news for homeowners with mortgages as interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years.
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Inflation falls to Bank of England 2 per cent target
It’s taken nearly three years, but the inflation rate has finally fallen back to the Bank of England’s target.
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Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%
“We’re not there yet” – the verdict today of Andrew Bailey as the Bank of England held interest rates at 5.25%. Despite that decision, there’s growing speculation that cuts will come this Summer. So no easing of the pressure from high interest rates yet, and stark evidence also released today showing more people falling into…
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Bank of England Governor explains decision not to lower interest rates
Inflation is finally set to drop back to the government’s target of 2% – possibly within a few months.
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Investment outside London could bring £100bn boost to economy, says Bank of England’s former chief economist
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
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Bank of England freezes interest rates after 14 increases in a row
For the first time in nearly two years the Bank of England has frozen interest rates.
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Bank of England raises interest rates for fourteenth time in a row
Bank of England interest rates went up for the fourteenth time in a row today, to 5.25 per cent, meaning more pain for mortgage holders across the country.
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Interest rates don’t need to keep rising says Bank of England rate setter
There’s no need for further interest rate rises to bring inflation back under control – that’s the verdict tonight of one of the nine people who set rates at the Bank of England.
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‘Bank of England has been asleep at the wheel,’ says Tory MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP John Baron, who sits on the Commons Treasury select committee and began by asking him what he made of the interest rate rise today.
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Interest rates up to 5% to curb inflation, Bank of England says. Helia Ebrahimi with the latest on the UK economy.
If mortgage payers, renters and businesses were feeling the squeeze before today, well now the pips are coming out.
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Bank of England has a lot of work to do, says former Monetary Policy Committee member
We spoke to Dr Sushil Wadhwani, a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.
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FactCheck: why has the Bank of England raised interest rates and how much are they rising?
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the twelfth time in a row. FactCheck takes a look.
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Bank of England expected to raise interest rates to highest level in 15 years in bid to reduce inflation
The Bank of England is expected to put up interest rates later this week to their highest level for 15 years in a bid to bring down inflation. It’ll be the 12th increase in the cost of borrowing since the end of 2021 – although one building society has now started offering a deposit free…
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Bank of England warns UK economy needs to urgently be made more resilient
The Bank of England has warned that the wider financial system in the UK – including pension and hedge funds – urgently needs to be made more resilient.
