Sterling treads water as markets look to Bank of England
The pound was little changed on Thursday as markets were focused on a raft of major central bank meetings that will culminate ...
London gold market queues up to borrow central bank gold after big shipments to US, sources say
London bullion market players are racing to borrow gold from central banks, which store bullion in London, following a surge ...
Will the Bank of England cut interest rates? Have your say
The Bank of England will reveal its first interest rate decision of the year on Thursday, against a backdrop of stubborn ...
What the looming federal election could mean for the Bank of Canada’s independence
The Bank of Canada’s independence could be tested as Mark Carney, former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of ...
Can central bankers become successful politicians?
The experience of other former central bankers should give pause to those who think Mark Carney can easily make this ...
Bank of England poised to slash interest rates in boost to one group of people
The cut should feed through relatively quickly to the 1.5 million homebuyers with mortgages that track the Bank of England base rate, giving these individuals a noticeable boost. However, it is likely ...
Traders are moving so much gold from the Bank of England to the U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs that the waiting time has reportedly octupled
But in some instances, traders must deliver physical gold to fulfill some of their futures contracts. Fears around Trump’s ...
Bank of England expected to cut interest rates again as UK economy stagnates
The BoE is also grappling with sagging UK business confidence and surveys point to corporate redundancies. Data suggests the UK economy probably failed to grow in the final months of 2024.
4 Bank Of England Scenarios, With A Rate Cut Widely Expected
ING is looking for three further cuts later this year, but a shaky jobs market and the prospect of lower services inflation risks pushing the BoE into more aggressive moves. Click to read.
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Trump tariffs raise prospect of four Bank of England rate cuts in 2025
Markets have raised the prospect that the Bank of England will cut the base rate by up to four times this year, as fears of a ...
Bank of England to cut interest rates as growth fears build
Rate-setters are likely to signal a cautious approach for the remainder of the year given lingering price pressures in the ...
UK banks clash with Bank of England over rules on loss-absorbing debt
UK Finance called for the central bank to go further by increasing the size threshold to £40bn-£50bn to take account of inflation since the rule was introduced in 2015. It also called for the active ...