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Next BoE move on rates

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    Next BoE move on rates

    Vote in this new Referendum !
    14
    Up to support sterling
    21.43%
    3
    Keep as is for now
    14.29%
    2
    Cut to support economy
    42.86%
    6
    Appoint AndyW's mum as new Chairman to set new rates
    21.43%
    3

    #2
    The next move is downwards - as it delays the inevitable that much longer....
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #3
      negative interest rates are on the way
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Drop to zero to punish those old gits who had the temerity to vote leave.

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          #5
          Almost certainly down, with the caveat that all bets are off in the event of a Sterling crisis. There's no evidence of that yet, but it's early days. Cable would need to drop deep into the 1.2s to make them think twice about a rate cut. History suggests that Sterling crises don't last long before a sharp correction. The BoE will be aiming to look through anything but the most severe and sustained fall.

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
            negative interest rates are on the way
            Highly unlikely in a UK context, as several on the MPC have indicated recently. There's very little evidence that negative rates would work in a UK context, because banks are less likely to transmit this to the real economy. They'll go big on QE way before they consider that.

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              #7
              put them up let it crash

              then get back to normal.

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                #8
                Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
                Drop to zero to punish those old gits who had the temerity to vote leave.
                Make 5p coins even more small and fiddly.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
                  Drop to zero to punish those old gits who had the temerity to vote leave.
                  Yup, pensioners and savers will be punished

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