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    Bankernomics 2

    New rates guidance after previous one was thrown out so quickly (good start in new job Mr C)



    Source: Bank of England Inflation Report: as it happened - February 12, 2014 - Telegraph

    So, that's 1.2% next year and 1.9% in 2016.

    Pretty quick increase for a dove.

    For some people this would mean DOUBLING of their mortgage payments.

    #2
    So in 2 years vase rates will quadrouple? How will anyone cope?

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      So in 2 years vase rates will quadrouple? How will anyone cope?
      One day at a time ...

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        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        So in 2 years vase rates will quadrouple? How will anyone cope?
        Well I for one will buy less flowers.
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #5
          Originally posted by doodab View Post
          Well I for one will buy less flowers.

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            New rates guidance after previous one was thrown out so quickly (good start in new job Mr C)



            Source: Bank of England Inflation Report: as it happened - February 12, 2014 - Telegraph

            So, that's 1.2% next year and 1.9% in 2016.

            Pretty quick increase for a dove.

            For some people this would mean DOUBLING of their mortgage payments.
            Well it's arguable that banks have already priced this in with their mortgage offerings. Whether they have priced in far higher potential interest rates, and/or whether their assumptions about what the future will bring are correct, are different matters.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Zero Liability View Post
              Well it's arguable that banks have already priced this in with their mortgage offerings. Whether they have priced in far higher potential interest rates, and/or whether their assumptions about what the future will bring are correct, are different matters.
              Fixed mortgages are already coming up and now will do even more so.

              Variable rates will start coming up soon and those who borrowed for 2% pa when rates were 0.5% pa will find it a tad more difficult to pay at 4-5% rate when BoE increases rates to 2% in a couple of years.

              I am actually very suprised at how aggressive BoE increase schedule looks like - cheap marketing trick of using 1.9 rather than 2 is LOL.

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