Interest Rates

12 April 2024

US inflation - a surprise for the markets
The US inflation data, which failed to meet market expectations for a third consecutive month

22 March 2024

The Bank of England continues to pause
The Bank Base Rate. The Bank of England has copied Wednesday’s move by the US Federal Reserve and has left interest rates unchanged

21 March 2024

US interest rates - the Fed stays put for a fifth consecutive meeting
The Fed Funds rate which, for the fifth consecutive meeting, the US Federal Reserve has held the Fed Funds rate unchanged. However, what mattered was not the rate announcement, but the accompanying ‘dot plot’

02 February 2024

Central Banks continue their pauses
Interest rates. The Bank of England has copied the US and Eurozone central banks and left interest rates unchanged

15 December 2023

The Bank of England continues its pause
The Bank of England has copied the US and Eurozone central banks and left interest rates unchanged, but with a stronger stance on rate perseverance

14 December 2023

The Fed stays put
For the third consecutive meeting, the US Federal Reserve has held the Fed Funds rate unchanged. But the messaging around the announcement was all important

02 November 2023

The Bank of England continues the pauses
The Bank of England has copied the US, Japanese and Eurozone central banks and left interest rates unchanged.