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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Mortgage wake-up call for middle classes

      Rising interest rates could cost some borrowers more than rising energy bills

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      ExplainerUK inflation
      What is the Bank of England’s mandate on inflation and why does it matter?

      Central bank has primary function to maintain price stability and support government economic policy

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Mortgage misery for millions following rate rise

      40% of fixed-rate deals will end this year, exposing borrowers to higher costs

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Duncan Weldon
      Britain has no good options as the threat of recession looms

      The hit to households from the downturn will be worse than anything that followed the financial crisis

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Pound Sterling
      Oil and government bond yields slip after Bank of England forecasts

      UK central bank’s weak outlook adds to broader concerns about prospects for global growth

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      News in-depth
      Bank of England serves up a shock with its intensely gloomy outlook

      Analysts say central bank wants to unleash a sharp economic downturn to curb surging inflation

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Bank of England raises rates sharply and warns of 13% inflation by end of year

      UK faces protracted recession and biggest squeeze on living standards in 60 years

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Truss to look at changing Bank of England mandate on inflation

      Tory leadership frontrunner says now wrong time to be putting up taxes as she picks up support of Sajid Javid

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Bank of England
      Bank of England considers biggest rate rise for more than 25 years

      MPC meets on Thursday under pressure to follow other central banks in monetary tightening

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      Money Clinic Podcast: How much is high inflation costing you?

      Experts give practical tips to help manage rising prices and higher interest rates

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      BoE governor says half-point interest rate rise ‘on table’

      Historic tightening may be needed to return UK’s 40-year high inflation rate to central bank’s 2% target, says Bailey

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
      The Bank of England’s bizarre mortgage decision

      With interest rates rising, now is not the time to scrap the test of affordability for home loans

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Bank of England’s chief economist signals willingness to step up rate rises

      Huw Pill says he is ‘in the price stability business’ but warns it is no longer helpful to give guidance on future path of policy

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      UK mortgage rates rise at fastest pace in a decade

      House price growth expected to slow as buyers’ incomes are hit by higher interest and jump in cost of living

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      UK inflation
      Inflation to raise UK food bills by £380 this year, data show

      Sharp price increases push households to turn to own-label products as BoE chief warns of further rate rises

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Bank of England official warns of higher inflation if UK rate rises lag US

      External MPC member Catherine Mann says dovish approach would put pressure on sterling

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Mortgages
      UK lenders raise mortgage rates ahead of further anticipated BoE hikes

      Move comes as inflation is expected to surge even higher before end of 2022

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      News in-depthBank of England
      Bank of England accused of going soft on inflation

      UK central bank moves less aggressively than the Fed despite predicting price rises will hit 11% this year

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points

      Policymakers warn inflation will hit 11% but gradual approach contrasts with Fed

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Bank of England
      Sunak urged to save £57bn by withholding BoE interest on reserves

      Nearly £1tn is deposited by commercial banks overnight as result of QE programme

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      UK employment
      UK labour market remains hot despite stalling economy

      Number of full-time employees at all-time high but hiring is slowing and unemployment edging up

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      ExplainerMarket Questions
      Will the Fed signal a slower pace of rate rises this autumn?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      UK inflation
      BoE could exceed rate expectations to show it is serious on inflation

      MPC meeting to consider 0.5% rise in wake of Johnson’s cost of living support measures

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Pound Sterling
      Investors bet against pound over ‘dire’ threat of stagflation

      Traders question how far the Bank of England can raise rates in the face of cost of living crisis

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Merryn Somerset Webb
      To investors seeking income — there’s still plenty of it about

      Interest on cash deposits remains paltry, but some companies are throwing off dividends in the here and now

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