Mortgage holders brace for ‘painful rise’ after interest rate hike Personal Finance Mortgage holders are bracing for a “painful rise” in payments after the Bank of England tightened monetary policy for the first time since mid-2023. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee raised interest rates to four per cent in a bid to stop inflation spiralling out of control amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. But [...]
Bank of England hikes interest rates to four per cent as inflation set to spike Economics The Bank of England has raised interest rates to four per cent as all policymakers agreed to tighten monetary policy in a bid to stop inflation from spiralling in the next year. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee hiked interest rates for the first time since mid-2023, with policymakers warning another hike could come in upcoming [...]
Why the Bank of England’s united interest rate hike signals more to come Economics Comments from members of the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee suggest more interest rate hikes are on the way, writes Mauricio Alencar. ‘Stands to ready to act’ was the Bank of England’s mantra for most of this year as it waited for higher energy prices to trickle through the UK economy. After today, the Monetary Policy [...]
AngloGold Ashanti Q3 30 September 2026 Earnings Release and Dividend Declaration November 5, 2026 Q3 2026 EBITDA*(5) +12% to $1.57bn • Q3 2026 free cash flow* $722m • YTD free cash flow* $2.6bn • Q3 2026 interim dividend of $361m, or 71 cps • Full-year 2026 guidance(6) reaffirmed • Net cash*(5) expands to $1.26bn • Organic growth plan charted
Titan SA: Nine-Month 2026 Results November 5, 2026 Strong nine-month sales expansion of 9%, attributed to growth in all regions and improved profitability in Greece, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
David Buik: The City needs a bit more fun November 5, 2026 No one alive has worked in the City longer than David Buik. He tells Ali Lyon what’s changed since his first day in September 1962, and what, mercifully, has remained the same. It is 12:30 on a mild Tuesday afternoon, and as he takes to his blue leather stool and peruses his paper menu, David [...]
SES Delivers Solid 9 Months & Q3 2026 Results and Reiterates Full-Year Outlook November 5, 2026 SES S.A. announces financial results for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2026. YTD 2026 Performance (€ million) YTD 2026 as reported (1) YTD 2025 as reported (1)(5) ∆ At constant FX (2) YTD 2025 like-for-like(3) ∆ At constant FX (2) Average €/$ FX rate 1.16 1.11 1.11 [...]
I thought chairing Sussex Cricket would mean a quiet off-season. I was wrong November 5, 2026 Ed Warner on the deluge of work that is triggered by the end of cricket’s County Championship, from recruitment and sponsorship to strategic planning for a possible fall in media rights revenue. The sun never sets on modern day cricket. Just ask the Australian squad, five matches into a 21-Test stretch across 12 months and [...]
Britain is hooked on Halloween and Traitors – and that’s a recession indicator November 5, 2026 Halloween has become big business, and Celebrity Traitors proves it. But this cultural obsession reveals something very wrong with the British economy, writes Matt Kenyon Just after 8pm last Saturday, it struck me that every single person on the Northern line train to Tooting was not just in a Halloween costume, but in an elaborate [...]
City searching for signals as Bank of England set to hike interest rates November 5, 2026 City traders are searching for any signs the Bank of England could move faster in hiking interest rates in the coming months with policymakers widely expected to tighten monetary policy on Thursday . The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is set to lift interest rates from 3.75 per cent to four per cent in a bid [...]