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Interest rates

18 August 2024

  • estate agent for sale signs on a Victorian terraced street

    Interest rate cut fuels immediate upturn in UK property market

    Figures from Rightmove show inquiries to estate agents since 1 August up 19% compared with a year ago
  • Larry Elliott

    Economics viewpoint
    GDP growth is strong but it masks UK plc’s deep-seated structural problems

    Larry Elliott
    Rachel Reeves must show how the Tories failed to tackle longstanding productivity, investment and trade deficits and stress how Labour can
  • Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at Jackson Lake Lodge.

    Observer business agenda
    High stakes at Jackson Hole symposium as Powell surveys US’s rocky prospects

    Presidential candidates, bankers and economists will all be keen to hear what the Fed chair foresees for interest rates

14 August 2024

  • A dual fuel energy smart meter in a home, with notes and coins

    UK inflation rises to 2.2% in first increase since December

  • The Bank of England in City of London.

    Bank of England could still cut interest rates again despite rise in inflation

12 August 2024

  • Bank Of England monetary policy committee member Catherine Mann

    Battle against UK inflation is far from over, says Bank of England policymaker

  • The Bank of England building on Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

    First UK inflation increase of year forecast in setback for Bank of England

8 August 2024

  • House keys on a bank letter informing customer of mortgage arrears

    Repossession claims in England and Wales at highest in five years

  • Close-up of a modern office building at night with a figure on the phone silhouetted against one of the illuminated windows

    Jobs market and pay growth are cooling off, large UK employers and recruiters warn

6 August 2024

  • The Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

    UK recovery ‘will accelerate and force Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer’

    Niesr forecasts raise doubts over chance of further cuts by Bank of England before end of year

3 August 2024

  • Three young women eating ice cream cones on a street by the River Thames in London

    Observer business agenda
    Sun, sea and sales … Britain’s delayed summer arrives to thaw the retail chill

    After a difficult period on the high street, base rates are falling, temperatures are rising and things are looking up

2 August 2024

  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

    Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

  • A trader works on the floor of the New York stock exchange

    Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall

1 August 2024

  • A person walks past the Bank of England

    Bank of England cuts interest rates to 5% in first reduction since March 2020

  • The facade of the Bank of England

    The Guardian view on interest rate cuts: helpful for some, but costs are too high for too many

  • Andrew Bailey

    Bank of England dismisses Tory claims public sector pay rises will stoke inflation

  • People walk in front of the Bank of England

    Relief for borrowers as UK interest rates cut but little sign big reductions to come

  • How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

  • Bank of England braced for knife-edge interest rate decision

July 2024

  • Shoppers on Oxford Street in London shelter from the July rain

    Poor weather and cost of living crisis drive UK summer spending down

    Figures show weak consumer demand persisted in June and July as Bank of England ponders interest rate decision
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