UK Interest Rates Expected to be Kept on Hold at 5.25%
Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates Mar 06, 2008 - 02:43 AM GMTBy: Nadeem_Walayat
The Bank of England
is expected to keep UK interest rates on hold at 5.25% at today's MPC meeting despite economic data confirming a weakening housing market and economy. Rates were last cut in February 08, which was inline with the Market Oracle forecast as of August 07 and Sept 07 for UK interest rates to fall to 5% by September 2008, this was revised lower to 4.75% in January 2008 , following the US Panic rate cut of 0.75% on 22nd Jan 08 to 3.5%, which was later followed by a further 0.5% cut to take US interest rates to 3%.
Two further cuts in UK interest rates towards the forecast of 4.75% are most probably likely to occur in May and August 2008. The previous Market Oracle forecast as of Dec 06 was for a Peak in UK interest rates at 5.75% by September 2007.
Despite the recent up tick in inflation, the overall down trend remains inline with the Market Oracle forecast as of November 2007 as illustrated by the above graph, with peaks in the inflation rates having occurred during early 2007. However current consensus forecasts (Bloomberg) are for UK inflation as measured by the CPI index to rise to 3.1% this year on the back of rising energy and food costs.
Market Oracle Track Record of Calling Monthly Interest Rate Decisions
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Actual MPC Decision |
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No Change |
Pending |
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0.25% Cut |
0.25% Cut |
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No Pre-call |
No Change |
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0.25% Cut |
0.25% Cut |
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No Change |
No Change |
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No Change |
No Change |
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No Pre-call |
No Change |
- |
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No Change |
No Change |
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0.25% Increase |
0.25% Increase |
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No Change |
No Change |
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0.25% Increase |
0.25% Increase |
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Apr 07 |
No Pre-call |
No Change |
- |
Mar 07 |
No Pre-call |
No Change |
- |
0.25% Increase |
No Change |
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0.25% Increase |
0.25% Increase |
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No Pre-call |
No Change |
- |
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0.25% Increase |
0.25% Increase |
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Overall Rate Forecast Accuracy |
91% |
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By Nadeem Walayat
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