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

India’s central bank rate meets Wednesday as policymakers look to balance growing downside risks to the economy from the Middle East conflict against the threat of an inflationary shock and weakness in the rupee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

Other lenders have also been lowering their rates ahead of a hoped-for central bank rate cut in August.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

On the 10th May the failure of Overend, Gurney, and Company—for upwards of ten millions—was announced, and the bank rate went to 10 per cent.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur