The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

The Bank of England has confirmed that interest rates will shoot from 1.25% to 1.75% - the biggest percentage point rise in some 27 years.

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 1.25% to 1.75% - a rise of 0.5 percentage points. It argues that raising rates now will bring inflation under control sooner

Bank of England hikes rates to their highest level since January 2009

Interest rates have risen to their highest level since 2008

The two million people with variable rate mortgages are particularly vulnerable to the rise in interest rates, while first-time buyers are expected to find it more of a struggle to get on the property ladder

The Bank of England raised interest rates by half a percentage point on Thursday in the biggest increase in the cost of borrowing for 27 years.It is the sixth consecutive hike from the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) since December and lifts its key lending rate from 1.25 per cent…

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