bank rate

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Further central bank rate decisions are due in the U.K. and eurozone Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

In recent days and weeks, many lenders have been cutting the interest rates on their new, fixed deals as they compete for custom, and in anticipation of future central bank rate cuts.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

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