Tag: UK inflation

• Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

  UK January inflation climbs to 3%; Bank of England anticipates ‘bumpy road’ ahead

  

  The UK rate of inflation reached 3% in January, from 2.5% in December, higher than forecasts and with the Bank of England anticipating a “bumpy road” ahead. Forecasts are that it will hit 3.7% later in the year and moving even further away from the Bank's 2% target.

• Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 19:04 UTC

  BoE cuts rate to 4.50% but slashed UK growth to 0.75% and ups inflation estimate to 3.5%

  

  The Bank of England last Thursday cut interest rates 25 percentage points to 4,50%, but at the same time slashed its growth forecast for the year and warned the near-term outlook for the economy had become complicated.

• Sunday, November 5th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  UK economy on flat growth track, with decreasing inflation, BoE report

  

  The UK economy is on flat growth for a couple of years, while government forecasts of greater activity vanish, and the Bank of England could still rise interest rates further. In effect the BoE has warned rates will remain high for some time or even rise higher. Rate currently stands at 5,25%, the highest in fifteen years.

• Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 20:37 UTC

  Falling prices for dairy and vegetables help a surprise fall in UK August inflation

  

  Falling prices for milk, cheese, and vegetables helped drive a surprise fall in United Kingdom inflation in August, with prices now rising at their slowest rate in a year-and-a-half.

• Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 20:23 UTC

  In a tight vote, Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged, still the highest for 15 years

  

  The United Kingdom interest rates were left unchanged after the Bank of England said price rises were slowing faster than expected. Interest rates were held at 5.25%, already their highest for 15 years, and comes after figures on Wednesday revealed an unexpected slowdown in inflation in August.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 13:18 UTC

  UK will have the highest inflation this year among G7 members, OECD report

  

  Growth in the global economy is expected to remain “sub-par” next year, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which cut its forecast for 2024 from 2.9% to 2.7% on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  UK's inflation reached 10,1% in January, National Stats Office

  

  United Kingdom's twelve-month Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reached 10.1% in January against the 10.5% increase recorded in December while missing estimates of a 10.3% print, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday. The index keeps moving away from its highest level since January 1981 at 11.1% last year.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  April inflation in UK, highest in 40 years with worsening prospects before it moderates

  

  The United Kingdom's cost of living worsening situation was confirmed by April's inflation rate which soared to a 40-year high of 9% boosted by food and energy prices.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Bank of England interest rate evolution depend on resolution of the Brexit impasse

  

  United Kingdom interest rate increases could be “more frequent” than expected if the economy performs as the Bank of England is expecting, governor Mark Carney says. The markets are forecasting just one interest rate increase by 2021.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  UK January inflation at at two-year low and below target

  

  British annual inflation hit a two-year low point in January, undershooting the Bank of England’s 2.0 per cent target on falling oil and other energy costs, official data showed on Wednesday.