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
India’s central bank rate meets Wednesday as policymakers look to balance growing downside risks to the economy from the Middle East conflict against the threat of an inflationary shock and weakness in the rupee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In recent days and weeks, many lenders have been cutting the interest rates on their new, fixed deals as they compete for custom, and in anticipation of future central bank rate cuts.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
Instances occur rarely when some sudden change of position makes it essential, as at the end of 1906, when the bank rate was raised to 6 per cent. on a Friday morning.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
