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Bank of England Base rate & other news
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Bank Rate maintained at 0.1% - May 2020
Taken from the Bank of England website:
"Our MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%. The Committee voted by a majority of 7-2 for the Bank of England to continue with the programme of £200 billion of UK government bond and sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, to take the total stock of these purchases to £645 billion."
Full report here:
Bank Rate maintained at 0.1% - May 2020 | Bank of EnglandComment
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Must be time for negative mortgage rates now. The more you borrow, the more the bank pays you.
Not that I want house prices to double or anything....Comment
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Bank of England looking more urgently at negative rates
Taken from Reuters:
Bank of England looking more urgently at negative rates, riskier assets: Haldane - ReutersComment
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Interest rates warning: Savers would be 'worst hit' as Brits face 'interest rates of -3%'
Interest rates UK: Savings would be 'worst hit' as Brits face negative interest rates | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
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Coming next - Negative Dividends: that’s right - companies will charge shareholders who will benefit from never ending share price growth and lower levels of tax on disposal than getting dividends.
Unicorns all aroundComment
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Originally posted by Andy2 View PostInterest rates warning: Savers would be 'worst hit' as Brits face 'interest rates of -3%'
Interest rates UK: Savings would be 'worst hit' as Brits face negative interest rates | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
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https://www.lendingstream.co.uk/Comment
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Interesting speech given by Andy Haldane (Chief Economist of the BOE) discussing the UK economic outlook:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/me...8B1EB58CFF21EBComment
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Originally posted by Martin@AS Financial View PostInteresting speech given by Andy Haldane (Chief Economist of the BOE) discussing the UK economic outlook:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/me...8B1EB58CFF21EB
The report makes reference to google trend searches for 'social spending' to support we're on the mend.
There was a time we used to measure the likelihood of recovery by counting the number of containers leaving the ports. I guess those days are long gone."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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