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Anna Wise

Why have interest rates not changed and what has it got to do with US tariffs?

UK interest rates have been kept at 4.5% (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

UK interest rates have been kept at 4.5% after the Bank of England said it wanted to maintain a “gradual and careful” approach to easing policy.

This is partly while it weighs up the impact of global and UK economic developments, particularly following new US tariffs.

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