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Bank of England Expected to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged Despite Rising Inflation
Economists expect the Monetary Policy Committee to keep the Bank Rate at 3.75% as energy costs and inflation pressure build.
- On Thursday, the Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 3.75%, though investors are watching for any hint that surging energy prices might force it to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve's recent borrowing cost increase.
- British natural gas and Brent crude futures have surged 20% this month, threatening to push inflation further above the Bank's 2% target, which the central bank has missed in all but three months of the last five years.
- Financial data shows the average five-year fixed mortgage rate at 5.83%, while most economists polled by Reuters last week expected the Bank to maintain the 3.75% rate through year-end.
- The Telegraph reported Tuesday that the Bank may cease sales of 20-year and 30-year gilts, a shift that could offer fiscal room for Finance Minister John Healey ahead of his October 28 budget statement.
- Financial markets currently point to an 80% chance of a rate hike in November, with analysts from investment banking firm Evercore ISI stating that "Nowhere is the gap between market pricing and policymaker expectations more stark than in the UK.
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Bank of England expected to hold rates today
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