US retreat from its allies could hurt dollar's status, BoE's Catherine Mann saysThe United States could draw lessons from Britain, where the pound's share of global reserves shrank from 80% in 1900 to 5% now, Mann said....
04 Dec, 2025, 08.35 AM IST
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5%, sees higher inflation and weaker growthBank of England rate cut: The Bank of England lowered its interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.5%, with two officials advocatin...
06 Feb, 2025, 05.40 PM IST
Bank of England cuts main interest rate by a quarter-point to 4.75% but sees higher inflation after Reeves' budgetThe BoE predicted that finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget last week - which entails big increases in tax, spending and borrowing - woul...
07 Nov, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
Bank of England cuts rates to 4.75% but sees higher inflation after Reeves' budgetThe Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 4.75%, marking its second cut since 2020. The decision was influenced by the recent gover...
07 Nov, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
BoE's Mann: long way for inflation pressures to be consistent with 2% targetMann made the remarks at an event organised by hedge fund Citadel, consultancy CEPR and the International Center for Monetary and Banking S...
12 Mar, 2024, 08.21 AM IST
Bank of England keeps interest rates unchanged at 5.25%Six out of nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep rates at a 15-year high of 5.25%. Jonathan Haskel and Catherine Mann...
01 Feb, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Bank of England holds rates after 14 straight hikes on cooler-than-expected inflationA day after a surprise slowing in Britain's fast pace of price growth, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted by a narrow margin of 5-4 ...
21 Sep, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
Bank of England halts run of interest rate hikes as economy slowsThe Bank of England has decided to pause its series of interest rate increases due to a slowdown in the British economy. Despite a recent f...
21 Sep, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Bank of England readies what may be its final rate hikeAll but one of 65 economists polled by Reuters in recent days predicted the BoE will raise Bank Rate to 5.5% on Thursday from 5.25%, which ...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.01 AM IST
Gold flat as investors look to US inflation data for Fed cluesThe U.S. dollar index steadied after posting its biggest intraday loss in two weeks in the previous session ahead of the U.S. Consumer Pric...
12 Sep, 2023, 06.58 AM IST
Bank of England lifts interest rate by 25 bps to 5.25%, highest in 15 yearsUnlike the US Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank - which also both raised rates by a quarter-point last week - the BoE's Monetary...
03 Aug, 2023, 04.47 PM IST
Gold ticks down on firmer dollar, easing banking fearsGold prices retreated slightly on Thursday as the US dollar strengthened, reducing interest in safe-haven assets. Spot gold declined 0.2% t...
30 Mar, 2023, 08.58 AM IST
Sterling slips as falling inflation eases pressure on Bank of EnglandWhile the risk of a sharp recession may have lessened, the easing in price pressures may persuade the Bank of England to take a slightly le...
15 Feb, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
BoE raises key interest rate by 50 bps to 4%, highest since October 2008Seven of the UK central bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee endorsed the hike to 4%, while two voted for no change. The majority s...
02 Feb, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, expects more rises to come"The labour market remains tight and there has been evidence of inflationary pressures in domestic prices and wages that could indicate gre...
15 Dec, 2022, 05.40 PM IST
BoE's Mann to keep focus on medium-term inflation expectations"Looking at medium-term expectations is a very important ingredient to my assessment of what the appropriate Bank Rate at the next vote mig...
29 Nov, 2022, 09.01 PM IST
Bank of England raises rates by 50 basis points, in seventh consecutive hikeThe BoE estimates Britain's economy will shrink 0.1% in the third quarter - partly due to the extra public holiday for Queen Elizabeth's fu...
22 Sep, 2022, 04.45 PM IST