BoE has cut rates from 4.75% to 4.5%. The decision, taken by the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), comes as the UK economy faces sluggish growth and rising concerns over global trade policies.

The BoE's predictions follow its decision on Thursday to cut its main interest rate for the third time in six months. The ...

UK inflation is becoming less of a threat as corporate pricing power weakens. I can see pricing coming very close to [2 ...

The Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates for the third time in six months later Thursday even though ...

At 4.5 per cent, the bank rate is well above most estimates of the so-called neutral rate, the point at which monetary policy is neither expansionary nor contractionary. Inflation is close to target, ...

The Bank says the UK economy will grow by 0.75% in 2025, down from a previous forecast of 1.5%, while inflation is expected to rise.

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 4.5 per cent but downgraded forecasts on growth ...

UK lowers interest rate to 4.5%, downgrades economic growth forecast to 0.75% Bank of England cuts rates amid worries of slow ...

For consumers, this means that their purchasing power could be eroded, making it more expensive to buy the same goods and ...

This was especially evident during recent monetary policy tightening, with contributions to core inflation from demand declining 2 percentage points since the summer of 2022—the largest decline for ...

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