The base rate has been held at 4.5% by the Bank of England. The base rate is the interest rate that the Bank of England charges other banks and lenders to borrow money. This then influences the ...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.5%, which means the central bank’s base rate now stands at ... This, together with historic price rises rolling out of the data, mean headline ...

Markets are now expecting there to be three or four Bank of England interest rate cuts by the end of the year. This would see the base rate fall from 4.5 per cent to as low as 3.5 per cent ...

The base rate peaked at 5.25% in late 2023, but policymakers reduced it to 4.5% throughout the following months as inflation eased. The Bank of England ... Recent history has shown us that cutting ...

The Bank of England has held the UK's base rate at 4.5%, in line with many economists' expectations. Analysts had said policymakers would be unlikely to cut borrowing costs during a period of mounting ...