bank rate

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“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

Global bond markets experienced a significant selloff as investors reconsidered central bank rate cut bets due to war in the Middle East.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

“This is one of the factors that will guide our monetary policy stance and interest-rate decisions in the months ahead,” the central bank rate setter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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

A financial crisis in New York sends up the English bank rate to 7 per cent., thus involving the ruin of many English businesses which might otherwise have weathered a difficult period.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman