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BOE increases base rate to 4%

BOE increases base rate to 4%

But says inflation has ''turned a corner''?!

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Feb 02, 2023
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Rather than beating around the same bush all of the time, it is easier to just report that the Bank of England has increased the base rate to 4%. An increase of 0.5%

I said at the start of the year that the BOE would end 2023 with a base rate of at least 5% - and this is the first step towards that target.

The 4% rate is the highest rate seen on these sho…

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