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05.11.26 - 16:09
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"Neither Does It Seem To Be The Last": Bank Of England Hikes For First Time Since 2023, Sees Inflation Near 5% (ZeroHedge)
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"Neither Does It Seem To Be The Last": Bank Of England Hikes For First Time Since 2023, Sees Inflation Near 5%
For the first time in 1,190 days, the Bank of England has raised interest rates.On Thursday the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to lift Bank Rate by 25bps to 4.00%, the first hike since August 3, 2023, when the BoE topped out at 5.25%. And the lone dissenter was no dove: external member Catherine Mann wanted a half-point move to 4.25%. Put differently, not a single one of the nine MPC members voted to keep rates on hold, which is a little more hawkish than consensus: Goldman and JPMorgan both expected a 7-2 vote (Goldman's STIR desk had Swati Dhingra and Alan Taylor as the holdouts), while Deutsche Bank's UK economists were looking for a 6-3 split.Even the doves came along, if grudgingly. Alan Taylor, one of the most dovish members of the committee, called it "a risk management, 'one-for-now' insurance hike," while Governor Andrew Bailey, in his own ...
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05.11.26 - 13:18
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BOE Hikes Rates, Warns of Rising Inflation (Bloomberg)
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The Bank of England raised interest rates by a quarter point to 4%, while warning inflation is on track to hit almost 5% next year and signaling another hike is on the cards. Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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