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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

‘Rich pickings’ for savers but concerns for mortgage holders as base rate held

The Bank of England base rate was held at 4.5% on Thursday (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Savers will have “rich pickings” ahead of the new tax year as the Bank of England base rate remains on hold, but homeowners coming to the end of a fixed mortgage will be disappointed, finance experts said.

The base rate was kept at 4.5% on Thursday, with policymakers warning that uncertainty over global trade has intensified following new US tariffs.

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