Stocks rise as traders await Amazon earnings and UK rate cut and US jobs data
US stocks rose on Thursday as investors digested company earnings and awaited e-commerce giant's Amazon (AMZN) results due ...
Interest rates live: Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% but UK growth downgraded
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% but UK growth downgraded - Bank MPC votes to cut borrowing costs but also slashes ...
After disappointing GDP numbers, BoE slashes Britain's interest rates, cuts economic growth forecast
The Bank of England brought down its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent. Following the announcement ...
Record low number of businesses created across UK
Figures from the ONS show 65,450 new firms were created across the UK in the final three months of 2024, down 8.5% year on ...
Bank of England preview: Setting policy in the era of Trump
The market is fully priced for a rate cut from the BOE, with a 98% chance of a cut currently priced in by the GBP overnight ...
The BoE: A meeting of contradictions
Chart: December interest rate expectations have fallen sharply in 2025, as the growth outlook deteriorates. The BOE’s rate ...
Donald Trump’s tariffs: what’s happening and what could it mean for the UK?
Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that tariffs are paid by foreign countries. During his inauguration speech, for example ...
UK inflation expectations fall in January, Citi/YouGov survey shows
British households' expectations for inflation ended a run of increases and fell in January, according to a monthly survey ...
FTSE 100 hits record high ahead of expected interest rate cut
Most sectors in the FTSE 100 were up, boosted by strong corporate earnings. AstraZeneca, the FTSE 100’s most valuable company, rose 4.8 per cent following better than expected results. Shares in ...
Five vital Bank of England charts as UK growth is downgraded and inflation is forecast to rise
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has posted a 78-page report outlining its musings on the future for inflation ...
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Interest rates: What does a 0.25% cut mean for your mortgage, savings and bills?
The Bank of England (BoE) have today announced their base rate is to be cut 25 basis points, leaving the Bank Rate - what we might simply call the interest rate - at 4.5 per cent, the lowest it has ...