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At its meeting ending on 17 June 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Two members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%.
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The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% for a fourth consecutive time, keeping them at the lowest level since February 2023.
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Uncertainty over the impact of high energy prices has led policymakers at the Bank of England to hold interest rates at 3.75%.
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Nigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party.
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The number of job vacancies has fallen to its lowest level for five years as businesses cut back on recruitment, according to the latest official figures.
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The City watchdog has closed an investigation into the power generator Drax after an almost 10-month review into the sourcing of wood pellets for its biomass station.
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In 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using an artificial intelligence chatbot instead. The move was expected to save the company millions…
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Property sales in Dubai have fallen “off a cliff”, a leading market watcher has said, after war in the Middle East forced a dramatic slowdown in one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets.
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Tesco’s UK sales growth has more than halved as it said the conflict in the Middle East had created “ongoing uncertainty for many households”.
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Britons are facing some of the “most severe” shortages of NHS medicines on record including common painkillers, epilepsy drugs and HRT, health leaders have warned, even forcing some patients with impaired digestive syst…
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The June FOMC Minutes reinforced the Fed’s cautious approach as policymakers unanimously agreed to maintain interest rates unchanged while keeping a close eye on inflation risks.
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Membership of the European single market was at stake when the UK voted on Brexit, but it was not the decisive question in the campaign. The leave campaign dishonestly promised a cost-free severance of ties with Britain…
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The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for the fourth time this year after its first meeting under new chair, Kevin Warsh, a Donald Trump appointee who has taken over the central bank during a tumultuous t…
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When 200,000 protesters gathered to meet the G8 summit in Genoa , 25 years ago, their point (our point, in fact; I went on a coach, it took two and a half days) was that eight rich nations shouldn’t dictate the rules to…
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The Federal Reserve held US interest rates between 3.5% and 3.75% after Kevin Warsh's first meeting in charge of the central bank.
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Canadian officials find structural defects in material used for hull and say firm failed to fully test ‘novel’ design
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The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 â 0 vote:
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Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the Group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining compan…
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Brands are expected to cut more than £1bn of digital advertising spending due to the UK’s ban on social media for under-16s, with streaming services tipped to benefit as advertisers try to reach large audiences of teena…
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Ivan Rogers, Britain’s EU ambassador from 2013 to 2017, says party’s ideas did not ‘remotely measure up’ to challenge
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Inflation in the UK was 2.8% in the year to May, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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