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The idea that US interest rates will stay higher for longer is probably wrong

The 0.4% rise in US consumer prices in March didn’t look like headline news. It was the same as the February increase, and the year-on-year rise of...

12.04.2024 5

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Interest rates have stopped rising, but 2023 hikes could still cause recession for some economies

Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic kept their main interest rates unchanged for the fourth successive month in December 2023. These rates are...

19.12.2023 40

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Autumn statement: experts react to national insurance and business tax cuts

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as announced a raft of changes to the tax and benefit system as part of the government’s autumn statement. They...

22.11.2023 3

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Interest rates: if central banks don’t start cutting them soon, it could actually increase inflation

What next for interest rates? The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to leave them unchanged when it meets on...

31.10.2023 3

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The UK economy’s COVID bounceback was stronger than we thought – but here’s why people are still feeling financial pain

The UK has been transformed from the laggard of developed economy COVID recoveries, after a recent data revision by the Office for National Statistics...

07.09.2023 2

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