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BoE governor declines to declare victory, but inflation is expected to continue to fall after protracted series of rate rises
Smaller increase to 5.25% comes amid signs persistently high inflation is beginning to ease
Fabio Panetta argues maintaining rates for extended period will avoid risk of damaging economy
Hard-fought battles with price pressures in the 1980s and 1990s meant rate-setters acted fast when costs soared
Internal appointment will lead UK central bank’s work on financial stability
Demand for bars rises 7% in three months thanks to corporates and wealthy individuals
We are missing an opportunity to level the monetary playing field in the interests of all citizens
Wassim Mansouri warns that country has ‘last chance’ to pass laws needed to pull it out of economic crisis
Long-dated bond yields jump to 9-year high as analysts hail ‘de facto abolishment’ of trading cap
Deputy governors to meet government to broker deal and agree on radical set of economic measures
Also: High Court rules Ulez expansion legal, airlines report record profits, and Donald Trump faces further accusations
Appointment of former Fed chair follows criticism of UK’s central bank for failing to predict persistence of inflation
Central bank alters pillar of ultra-loose strategy in unexpected move
Three deputy governors recruited to work alongside recently appointed bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan
ECB and Fed shift rhetoric in favour of more ambiguity with inflationary pressures waning
Ninth consecutive increase comes as investors bet against further rate rises
Central bank has doubled interest rates in past two months but many economists say more must be done
Investors have started taking note of the best-performing fixed income investments so far this year
Central bank implements quarter-point increase as inflation concerns linger
Prominent institutions say the central bank might well tweak policy of buying bonds to depress yields
Estimated cost to taxpayers has increased sharply as interest rates have risen
Chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says chances of US soft landing have risen as consumer spending remains strong
Economists say scale of credit tightening in eurozone bolsters doves’ case for pause in bank’s policy
Accommodative monetary policy stance no longer makes sense
With inflation falling, further tightening of monetary policy only heightens the risk of recession and financial instability
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