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4 Nov 21
The Bank of England’s base rate will remain at its all-time low of 0.1% after the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold fire on an increase – despite predicting inflation will reach 5% next Spring.
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6 Oct 21
With New Zealand’s central bank raising interest rates this week, what are the prospects for a UK hike? PF talks to the experts.
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24 Sep 21
Inflation could run above the Bank of England 2% target going into 2023, as supply shortages led to CPI spiking this year, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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6 Aug 21
The Bank of England has signalled it could tighten its monetary policy slightly faster than had been expected as the recovery from Covid-19 gets underway and inflation continues to run above its 2%...
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27 Jul 21
It is too early to withdraw extraordinary monetary policy support, despite high inflation and growing employment, a Bank of England official has said.
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6 Jul 21
The government has failed to budget for £30bn of additional costs resulting from Covid-19 over the next three years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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5 Feb 21
The Bank of England has written to banks asking them to take measures to prepare for any future decision to cut interest rates below zero later this year.
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12 Oct 20
The Bank of England has asked UK banks to assess their readiness if interest rates are reduced to zero or below.
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29 Sep 20
The UK is unlikely to see negative interest rates “imminently”, according to David Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking at the Bank of England.
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18 Sep 20
The Bank of England has outlined plans to explore how negative interest rates could be implemented for the first time, to help the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
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6 Aug 20
The Bank of England will continue to review the potential of negative interest rates, to help stimulate the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19, it said today.
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29 Jul 20
Savings made by private sector firms and employees during lockdown could help pay for tax rises to cover the repayment of government Covid-19 debt, according to the National Institute of Economic and...
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21 Jul 20
Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane has suggested negative interest rates could be implemented if further negative shocks are felt in the economy.
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25 Mar 20
The Public Works Loan Board lending limit is to be raised from £95bn to £115bn under measures in the Finance Act 2020.
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24 Mar 20
The coronavirus pandemic could see the UK's GDP decline by 5.4% in 2020, according to consultancy firm KPMG.
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4 May 18
Local authorities are struggling to repay loans as a result of a “pernicious” rule change by the Public Works Loan Board, a financial risk analysis website has said.
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21 Mar 16
Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
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19 Jan 16
Slower UK growth means interest rates will not be raised in the short term, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said today.
4 Nov 21The Bank of England’s base rate will remain at its all-time low of 0.1% after the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold fire on an increase – despite predicting inflation will reach 5% next Spring.
6 Oct 21With New Zealand’s central bank raising interest rates this week, what are the prospects for a UK hike? PF talks to the experts.
6 Jul 21The government has failed to budget for £30bn of additional costs resulting from Covid-19 over the next three years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
29 Jul 20Savings made by private sector firms and employees during lockdown could help pay for tax rises to cover the repayment of government Covid-19 debt, according to the National Institute of Economic and...
25 Mar 20The Public Works Loan Board lending limit is to be raised from £95bn to £115bn under measures in the Finance Act 2020.
24 Mar 20The coronavirus pandemic could see the UK's GDP decline by 5.4% in 2020, according to consultancy firm KPMG.
4 May 18Local authorities are struggling to repay loans as a result of a “pernicious” rule change by the Public Works Loan Board, a financial risk analysis website has said.
21 Mar 16Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
19 Jan 16Slower UK growth means interest rates will not be raised in the short term, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said today.
