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UK Interest Rates Kept on Hold at 5%

Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates May 08, 2008 - 02:58 PM GMT

By: Nadeem_Walayat

Interest-Rates

In a widely expected move, the Bank of England's MPC meeting kept UK interest rates on hold at 5% following Aprils cut to 5% from 5.25%.

The growing weakness in the UK economy as a consequence of the deepening credit crisis ensures that the Bank of England will continue cutting UK interest rates throughout the year, despite the rise in inflation CPI 2.5%, RPI 3.8%.


Therefore the expectations are now for two further cuts in UK interest rates by September 2008 that will take rates down to 4.5%, marginally below the Market Oracle forecast for UK interest rates to hit 4.75% by September 2008.

The outlook for interest rates post September 2008 will be published later in the year, on further evidence of the actual real impact on inflation by the increase in money supply growth above forecast trend as consequence of the UK Government attempts to bailout the UK banks from the deleveraging of the derivatives bubble following the US housing bust

 

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Market Oracle Track Record of Calling Monthly Interest Rate Decisions

Month
Market Oracle Forecast
Actual MPC Decision
Outcome
No Change
No Change
0.25% Cut
0.25% Cut
No Change
No Change
0.25% Cut
0.25% Cut
No Pre-call
No Change
-
0.25% Cut
0.25% Cut
No Change
No Change
No Change
No Change
No Pre-call
No Change
-
No Change
No Change
0.25% Increase
0.25% Increase
No Change
No Change
0.25% Increase
0.25% Increase
Apr 07
No Pre-call
No Change
-
Mar 07
No Pre-call
No Change
-
0.25% Increase
No Change
0.25% Increase
0.25% Increase
No Pre-call
No Change
-
0.25% Increase
0.25% Increase
Overall Rate Forecast Accuracy
93%

 

By Nadeem Walayat

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