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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft and Matt Mathers

Interest rates: What are they and how does a rise affect you?

EPA

On 3 November, the Bank of England raised interest rates from 2.25 to 3 per cent - the biggest hike in the base rate since 1989.

It was the eighth consecutive time the UK’s central bank hiked rates it sought to tackle rising inflation, fuelled in part by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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