The committee of five women and four men will announce their latest interest rate decision at 12:00 BST, with a hold the widespread expectation.The Bank rate is the MPC's ...

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.Fed governors were split on whether to keep ...

He said that productivity, which measures how efficiently people work, has slowed down in the UK.It is also a particular problem in Wales where it is the lowest of ...

MortgagesJust under a third of households have a mortgage, according to the government's English Housing Survey, external.About 500,000 homeowners have a mortgage that "tracks" the Bank of England's rate. ...

At the last meeting in April, the committee members voted 8-1 for a hold, with Huw Pill, the Bank's chief economist, the only one to vote for a rate ...

Three in five homes listed for sale since January remain on the market, according to property portal Zoopla, as high mortgage rates frustrate potential buyers.A lack of demand from ...

The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions. Source link

Future base rate changes are hard to predict as analysts judge the economic impact of the Iran war. Source link

Major lenders make rate reductions as markets take some heart from a possible truce in the Iran war. Source link

Before the conflict began, analysts had expected a cut in the Bank rate at this meeting. Source link

Nationwide, HSBC and Coventry Building Society are all putting some mortgage rates up. Source link

Interest rates were cut to 3.75% in December and analysts expect at least one further reduction this year. Source link