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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned in its annual report that the era of "near-zero" interest rates needs to end, and singled out the British central bank for comment. Highlighting the fact that inflation in the UK has been above the ...
According to Citi and YouGov's inflation expectations index for May, the public believes prices will climb at about 3.5pc over the longer term compared with the Bank's 2pc target. Inflation is currently 4.5pc. "Long-term inflation expectations fell ...
With the Queen in Ireland, Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington and Dominique Strauss-Kahn in jail, news editors were spoilt for choice last week. As a result, a telling event in global markets – China's emergence as the world's biggest buyer of gold ...
Families will face tough times for “the next year or so”, a senior Bank of England official, Spencer Dale, warned as he signalled an imminent rise in interest rates. The central Bank’s chief economist, braced households of significant financial ...
You have to go back to the 1940s, the Second World War and the austerity that followed to find a longer period of unchanged rates. It is true that Britain is still recovering from its deepest recession since the 1930s and grappling with its largest ...
Why Bank of England policymakers don't want to raise interest rates New data from the economy has once again fuelled the debate on monetary policy. Debt, not inflation, is currently the primary driver of monetary policy Photo: PA By Damian ...
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warns on interest rate rise High debt levels pose “massive” economic challenges that would be exacerbated by higher interest rates, the Governor of the Bank of England said. Mervyn King: 'The economic ...
Interest rates in the UK have been at a record low of 0.5% since March 2009, and the arguments for raising rates are gathering momentum. With inflation at double the Bank of England's target, and likely to stay there for some time, many think the ...