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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff and Larry Elliott

UK mortgage payers must brace for even higher borrowing costs, IMF warns

Rising interest rates pushed the cost of home loans to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.
Rising interest rates have pushed the cost of home loans to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

UK mortgage payers grappling with the most expensive home loans in 15 years have been warned by the International Monetary Fund to brace themselves for still higher borrowing costs over the coming months.

With pay growth registering its fastest growth since modern records began more than two decades ago, the IMF used its annual health check on the economy to back the Bank of England in whatever tough action it deemed necessary to bring inflation under control.

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