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Interest rates: Why have they been cut and what does it mean?

Here the Press Association looks at what the decision means and what the Bank of England expects to happen to the economy.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025

Bank of England says UK inflation has peaked after leaving rates at 4%; US job cuts jump as firms turn to AI – as it happened

Economists predict UK rate cuts in December, after narrow vote to hold Bank Rate at 4% today

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

As the Bank of England Warns on Inflation, Make This 1 Trade Now

December British pound futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness.

Barchart · Sep 30, 2025

Labour Budget adds to uncertainty over inflation, says Bank policymaker

Dave Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking, was speaking after the Bank cut rates by a quarter point earlier in November.

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024

OPINION - A summer interest rate cut would be good news – for an incoming Labour government

British political junkies will effortlessly reel off the names of all nine US Supreme Court justices, but their minds go mysteriously blank if you ask them to identify a single member of the Bank of England's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). And frankly, this newsletter has had enough of the…

Evening Standard · May 9, 2024

UK interest rates are close to a descent – maybe starting as soon as next month

It seems just matter of time before the two MPC members already in favour of a cut are joined off Table Mountain

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

Bank of England says it could lower interest rates more than expected, but June cut isn’t ‘fait accompli’ – as it happened

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is briefing reporters after BoE left UK interest rates on hold again in a dramatic 7-2 split

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

Brexit has ‘chilled’ business investment, says Bank of England deputy governor

Dave Ramsden tells MPs referendum fallout also contributed to lower speed limit for growth of UK economy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

SVB collapse was ‘fastest since Barings’, Bank of England says, in call for vigilance – as it happened

Treasury committee holds hearing on the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this month

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Interest rate cut possible if economy demands, says Bank policymaker

Deputy governor Dave Ramsden makes comments as CBI snapshot predicts tough winter for UK factories

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022