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

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

Because of the Balkan War the bank rate in Berlin, Paris, and Vienna is the highest in twenty years, and European securities have depreciated over six billion dollars.

From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Weston, Stephen Francis