bank rate
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“However, the global rebuilding of term premia is not yet complete, and markets still have scope to price a more aggressive path of central bank rate hikes,” according to the French bank’s rates strategists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Precious metals previously gained on hopes of central bank rate cuts and reduced gold reserve sales following the truce.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
“Government bonds are rallying as inflation worries fade and markets begin to abandon bets on further central bank rate hikes,” said Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
The bank rate – which is the benchmark interest rate – is expected to fall further, according to independent forecasters at the Office for Budget Responsibility.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
The bank rate of the Bank of England rose from 4-1/2 to 7 per cent., where it remained for nearly two months.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
