bank rate

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Precious metals previously gained on hopes of central bank rate cuts and reduced gold reserve sales following the truce.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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

Q. Would you like to express an opinion as to why the Bank of France is able to hold its gold with a bank rate of 4 per cent. when the rates elsewhere are higher?

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur