Bank of England expected to raise interest rates It would mark the Bank’s first back-to-back increase since June 2004 Birmingham Post · Feb 3, 2022
Cost of your mortgage is set to be increased again today The Bank of England is widely expected to raise interest rates again Wales Online · Feb 3, 2022
UK interest rate rise predicted as cost of living crisis deepens Bank of England to vote on potential rate change while inflation soars to 30-year high The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022
Bank of England preview: MPC poised to put up borrowing costs The City expects four rate increases this year Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022
Bank expected to raise rates to 0.5% in first back-to-back hike since 2004 The Bank of England has already raised rates from 0.1% to 0.25% in December to rein in rampant inflation. The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022
Inflation fears prompt consumers to run down savings, says Bank Savings built up during pandemic fall by two-thirds and consumer credit rises by £800m over year The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022
Mortgages to soar by £700 a year if Bank of England hikes interest rates this week The average cost of paying a mortgage could go up to £14,000 a year if the Bank of England makes the decision to hike base rate this Thursday to offset the creeping cost of inflation Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2022
Bank of England poised to raise interest rates as high inflation takes toll City economists expect increase from 0.25% to 0.5% on Thursday amid cost of living crisis The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022
UK interest rate set to hit 1% by summer, City predicts The City is bracing for a run of interest rate rises around the world, starting next week with the Bank of England. The UK interest rate is set for its first back-to-back increase since 2004 Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2022
Hopes shattered as banks fail to pass on interest rate rise The Bank of England upped the base rate to 0.25% in December, but since then only a handful of savers have felt the benefit The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2022
Rs 1,000 crore World Bank loan to expand West Bengal’s social schemes KOLKATA: The World Bank has approved a $125-million loan (around Rs 1,000 crore) to Bengal to expand coverage of around 400 state-run social schemes, especially direct cash transfers targeted at the vulnerable sections, over the next four years. The Times of India · Jan 22, 2022
Minouche Shafik: ‘The idea that you are successful because you are hardworking is pernicious’ The LSE’s director and former Bank of England economist is outspoken over the need for a reset of the wider capitalist system The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2022
Bank should ‘lean against’ longer-term inflation, MPC member says The Monetary Policy Committee will meet early next month to decide on interest rates. The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Export-Import Bank Is a Cesspool of Crony Capitalism. Biden Wants To Expand It. Boeing may love an additional handout, but such subsidies will be a net negative for the country's economy as a whole. Reason · Jan 21, 2022
The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022 Bank boss warns inflation pressures may stay until the end of 2023 The Bank of England said there are worries that energy prices may stay high for longer, while wage rises in the UK could become broad-based.
Nottingham Post · Jan 19, 2022 Message to shoppers as UK inflation hits near-30 year high and food prices surge The Bank of England has forecast inflation to hit 6% in April
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2022 How the Bank of England missed the inflation curve City Comment: Bank needs to get the next bit right
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2022 UK inflation rises to highest level in almost 30 years at 5.4% Cost of living crisis worsens, piling pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates again
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2022 UK inflation jumps to 30-year high of 5.4% as cost of living crisis deepens – as it happened Food prices, furniture, clothes and housing costs rise; unions urge government to tackle cost of living crisis as pressure builds for February rate hike
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 Pay rises failing to keep up with the cost of living, ONS figures show Pressure is mounting on the government and the Bank of England to help ease the cost-of-living crisis
Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2022 Interest rates to double next month, City warns as pay falls behind inflation Economists now expect the Bank of England to raise the interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5% at its next MPC meeting