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Bank of England keeps main UK interest rate at 15-year high of 5.25% and cautions over oil prices

The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while yet especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply in light of the conflict between Israel and…

The Independent UK

OPINION - Andrew Bailey: Interest rates will need to stay high for some time

In exclusive article for the Standard the Bank of England Governor warns there is still a long way to go in the fight against inflation

Evening Standard

Despite the Bank of England’s hawkish tone, the next interest rate move is likely down

With a weak economic outlook and shrinking inflation the Bank risks leaving rates too high for too long

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Bank of England leaves rates on hold at 5.25%

MPC votes by 6 to 3 to keep rates unchanged for second meeting in succession

Evening Standard

Bank of England warns of recession risk in run-up to expected election next year

Interest rates left unchanged at 5.25% as Bank signals 50-50 chance of recession by mid-2024

The Guardian - UK

Stocks soar after Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold and warns of recession risk – as it happened

Bank of England voted 6-3 to leave interest rates at 5.25% today, but warns that monetary policy is likely to need to stay restrictive for some time

The Guardian - UK

House prices surprise with 0.9% increase in October says Nationwide

Housing market more resilient than feared despite the impact of 14 interest rate hikes

Evening Standard

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The Bank of England needs to lower interest rates now or risk recession

City Voices: The UK is in serious risk of entering a recession, meaning hardship and misery for millions

Evening Standard

Household bank savings grow at slowest pace since records began as savers pour money into NS&I bonds

The Bank of England’s “household M4” measure of cash and savings with shorter maturities ticked up by only 0.8%

Evening Standard

Interest rate rises caused sharp drop in UK household wealth, report finds

Resolution Foundation says higher interest rates have led to a fall in house prices and pension pots

The Guardian - UK

‘A whiff of 2008’: analysts detect danger in Bank of England’s crackdown on inflation

With wages growth and job vacancies slowing, the monetary policy committee should hold interest rates again if it wants to avoid storing up trouble

The Guardian - UK

Sir Nicholas Stadlen obituary

High court judge and stellar QC who delivered the longest speech in British legal history – and made a feted documentary in later life

The Guardian - UK

Help to Save: could the Lifetime ISA price cap be lifted to help London’s first-time buyers?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering an autumn statement that could benefit Londoners looking to get on the property ladder – but more Help to Buy is off the table

Evening Standard

UK financial regulators scrap cap on bankers’ bonuses

Bonus cap to end on 31 October, a move condemned by unions as an ‘insult to working people’

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Evening Standard

UK 'skirts with recession' as private sector declines again, PMI survey finds

A recession might already be underway as the Bank of England's recent interest rate hikes slow the economy

Evening Standard

September inflation figures ‘encouraging’ despite CPI failing to fall, Bank of England's Andrew Bailey says

Bailey also said wages are still rising too fast to meet the Bank’s 2% inflation target

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 posts biggest fall since August, as UK 30-year borrowing costs hit 25-year high – business live

Pound hits five-month low vs euro, shares slide in London, and UK 30-year borrowing costs hit 25-year high

The Independent UK

Britain needs economic and fiscal policy ‘reset’ to fight future crises – report

The Resolution Foundation is warning the UK is on course for debt to rise to around 140% of economic output over the next 50 years.

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Evening Standard

Sticky inflation and oil price surge dims hopes for interest rate cuts

Most forecasters do not expect a cut for another year

The Guardian - UK

Barratt warns of ‘uncertain’ year as buyers struggle with mortgages

UK housebuilder’s sales also dented by absence of government’s help-to-buy scheme

The Independent UK

Pensioners could be set for inflation-busting state pension rise next April

Experts have said a potential increase to the state pension of 8.5% could re-ignite the debate around the sustainability of the triple lock.

The Guardian - UK

UK has highest inflation in G7 after CPI fails to fall in September – as it happened

UK consumer prices inflation remained at 6.7% in September, dashing hopes of a fall, as petrol and diesel prices increase

The Guardian - UK

UK regular pay rising faster than inflation again; Goldman Sachs profits fall by a third – as it happened

Basic pay outpaces inflation for the first time in almost two years, but fall in vacancies suggests jobs market is cooling

The Independent UK

UK economy in ‘horrible bind’ as recession looms with no room for tax cuts, say experts

Britain in for ‘protracted period of high taxes and tight spending’, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England has more ‘work to do’ to control inflation, says chief economist

Huw Pill raises possibility of interest rate rise, saying war between Israel and Hamas may affect oil priceBusiness live – latest updates

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