The Bank of England is facing mounting pressure to keep interest rates unchanged amidst persistent inflation and burgeoning financial stability concerns. The Times shadow monetary policy committee, a group of
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The anticipated decline in UK interest rates throughout 2025 did not materialise as expected. At the close of the previous year, the Bank of England held its base rate steady
The United States Federal Reserve has cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, shifting the benchmark rate to a range of 3.5 to 3.75 per
The Federal Reserve enters its final policy meeting of a turbulent year with internal divisions over whether to implement a further interest rate cut. Officials at the US central bank
The Bank of England has opted to hold the base interest rate at 4 per cent, following a tight vote from the Monetary Policy Committee where the decision passed by
The Bank of England faces a decisive moment as members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) prepare for a closely contested vote on whether to reduce interest rates next Thursday.
The European Central Bank has opted to maintain its interest rates at 2 per cent, marking the third consecutive meeting without a rate change. This decision follows a better than
The US Federal Reserve has reduced interest rates for the second consecutive month, moving borrowing costs down to a range of 3.75 to 4 per cent. Policymakers made this decision
The US Federal Reserve has announced an immediate halt to its bond selling programme, as the Bank of England faces mounting calls to reassess its own policy on quantitative tightening.
Japanese equities surged to unprecedented levels as investors bet on a policy shift heralded by Sanae Takaichi’s victory in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership contest, positioning her to become Japan’s
The Bank of England may soon have scope for fresh interest rate cuts as the main forces behind Britains sustained inflation begin to recede according to Swati Dhingra a rate
The Bank of England is under mounting pressure from environmental groups to ramp up its response to the climate crisis, as campaigners mark ten years since Mark Carney’s landmark speech
The Bank of England is pressing pause on the pace of its much discussed quantitative tightening programme, an economic measure that has quietly but significantly reshaped UK public finances. This
The US Federal Reserve has reduced its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 2025 marking a pivotal moment for global markets and US economic policy. The quarter point
Markets and economists anticipate the Bank of England will maintain the base interest rate at 4 per cent next week, following expectations that UK inflation will remain unchanged at 3.8
Inflation in the United States accelerated to 2.9 per cent in August, with the central bank expected to respond with its first interest rate cut of the year at its
