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Interest rates soars to 13-year high as Bank of England warns energy bills will soon hit £2,800
05.05.2022 - 15:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Bank of England has issued a dire warning for millions across the UK after hiking interest rates to its highest levels for over a decade.
Today, the Bank announced that interest rates would be rising from 0.7% to a 13-year high of 1% as it warned the UK economy is set to go into reverse. Members of the Bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 to increase rates from 0.75% to 1% - with some of its rate-setters even voting for a rise to 1.25% amid fears over rocketing inflation, reports The Mirror.
Following that, the Bank revealed in a set of grim forecasts that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation will rise from 7% currently to over 10% this year. As a result energy bills could hit a 40-year-high.
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It is now predicting that the average annual gas and electricity prices, which soared to £1,971 last month, will rise once again in October, to around £2,800. That, together with a global surge in commodity prices, worsened by Russia ’s war in Ukraine, will see Britain’s economy go into reverse in the final three months of this year, the Bank forecast in its latest update.
Its Monetary Policy Committee believes the economy will then remain weak next year, and could shrink slightly. The forecast of a dramatic slowdown will prompt fears that the economy will plunge into recession.
The MPC voted six members to three to increase its base rate - which influences what lenders charge - to 1%. The three members voted for it to rise to 1.25%.
It is the first time the Bank has ever voted to raise rates four times in a row in the history of the MPC, going back to 1997. The rate is set to keep rising,
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