Bank of England’s Bailey doubts interest rates will fall back to near zero September 24, 2024 With inflationary pressures easing, rate-setters cut rates for the first time since the pandemic in August. However, they subsequently voted 8-1 to keep rates steady last week.
UK economy: After a busy week, the foundations look solid September 20, 2024 With inflation low and further rate cuts to come the UK economy remains on relatively solid foundations.
Bank of England’s Mann warns of ’embedded’ UK inflation risk after decision to hold September 20, 2024 "Structural behaviours in UK labour and product markets appear to have systematically embedded inflation," she said in a speech in Lithuania.
Hawkish Bank of England? Don’t be so sure. September 19, 2024 "The economy has been evolving broadly as we expected," Bailey said. "If that continues, we should be able to reduce rates gradually over time".
Bank of England holds interest rates but Andrew Bailey flags further cuts September 19, 2024 The Bank's decision comes after the Fed reduced interest rates by 50 basis points last night, the first cut since the pandemic.
Why the Bank of England will hold interest rates tomorrow September 18, 2024 The firm consensus is for the Bank of England to hold rates tomorrow, but this will not prevent a further cut in November.
Inflation stays at 2.2 per cent ahead of Bank of England’s interest rate decision September 18, 2024 The figures come a day before the Bank of England will announce its latest decision on interest rates.
Bank of England set to hold interest rates but further cuts loom, top economists say September 15, 2024 The Bank of England is widely expected to leave interest rates on hold this week, according to a City A.M. poll of top economists.
Bank of England gets the ‘green light’ for another rate cut following wage figures September 10, 2024 For the second month in a row the figures show that pay growth eased markedly even while unemployment edged lower.
Heinz: Price increases help sales near £1bn as inflation battle continues September 9, 2024 Sales at the UK arm of Heinz jumped towards £1bn in 2023 despite volumes decreasing after raising its prices to combat inflation in its costs, new figures have revealed. The London-headquartered division of the US giant has reported a revenue of £967.1m for the 12 months, up from the £899.7m it achieved in 2022, according [...]