bank rate
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In addition, investors have been moving past developments in the war with Iran to instead focus on central bank rate hikes and currency intervention.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
“Government bonds are rallying as inflation worries fade and markets begin to abandon bets on further central bank rate hikes,” said Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
“This is one of the factors that will guide our monetary policy stance and interest-rate decisions in the months ahead,” the central bank rate setter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Other lenders have also been lowering their rates ahead of a hoped-for central bank rate cut in August.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
The bank rate now rose to 10 per cent. as against 9 per cent. in that year, and the bank reserve of bullion was alarmingly depleted.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
