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Posted on 29th January 202515th February 2025

UK can cut interest rates a lot

In recent months, official interest rates have been cut worldwide as inflation has fallen sharply from the peak of over 9% following the end of the Pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which drove up global food and energy prices, see chart 1. Global price inflation has fallen to the rates before the Pandemic and …

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Posted on 1st November 20244th November 2024

Immediate reaction to the October Budget, 2024

This is the first Labour Budget since 2010, and the first by a woman in UK history. It is aimed at raising economic growth in the long run, funded by tax rises and increased borrowing in the short term. The tax rises mainly came from employers’ National Insurance contributions and employers’ contributions to pensions, which …

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Posted on 20th September 202421st September 2024

A tale of two interest rate decisions

The US Federal Reserve or Fed, and the UK Central Bank or the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC,) both made the decision on whether to cut interest rates on the same day, although, given the time difference, it happened at different points. The US Fed cut interest rates by ½% to a range of 4.75% to …

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