On a historical side-note this prompted ... "On one desperate day - Wednesday 16th September, the UK government increased interest rates to 15%. In theory, these high interest rates should attract ...

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The Bank of England has warned economic and global trade uncertainty has "intensified" as it held UK interest rates at 4.5%. US trade tariffs and retaliation to the import taxes from the likes of ...

Article continues below This week, we've also seen mortgage lenders start to lower rates over expectations that UK interest rates could be cut again next month. The reductions are down to lower ...

“Overall, with an array of moving parts the bank judged back-to-back cuts inappropriate, but there were signals that interest rates will be ... including the UK, and uncertainties about how ...

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