All articles featuring 'Base Rate'
Mortgage payments 'more affordable'
16 January 2012Mortgage payments for new borrowers have reached their most affordable levels for 14 years, says Halifax
Base rate held and no further cash injection
8 December 2011Interest rates have been kept at a record low of 0.5% while the quantitative easing programme remained at £275bn
Bank of England base rate held at 0.5% again
10 November 2011The Bank today held the base rate at its historic low and decided against pumping more cash into the economy
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Bank of England holds base rate and pumps £75bn more into economy
6 October 2011The Bank of England is holding base rate at its 0.5% historic low and is printing more money to boost the economy
Base rate held at 0.5% again
8 September 2011The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 30th consecutive month
Base rate held at record 0.5% low again
4 August 2011The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its historic low for the 29th consecutive month
Interest rates held at record low
7 July 2011The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to keep rates at 0.5% for the 28th month in a row
Mortgage lenders fail to pass on base rate cuts
23 June 2011A Which? survey shows that 95% of lenders failed to fully pass on cuts in base rate to consumers
Base rate held at 0.5% again
9 June 2011The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 27th consecutive month
Inflation hits two-and-a-half year high
17 May 2011The Government's official CPI inflation measure jumped to its highest level since 2008, upping the challenge for savers
Base rate held at 0.5%
5 May 2011The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 26th consecutive month
Fixed mortgage rates expected to fall
5 May 2011Homeowners remortgaging were today told to sit tight as commentators predict fixed deals have further to fall
UK economy returns to growth – just
27 April 2011The economy returned to modest growth in the first three months of 2011, following a decline at the end of last year
Base rate held at 0.5% again
7 April 2011The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 25th consecutive month
20-year high inflation fuels rate rise pressure
22 March 2011Soaring inflation is heaping further pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates
Home phone and broadband prices on the rise
Which? launches collective energy switching campaign
Retailers in extended warranty shake-up
Will the big freeze hit energy bills?
"Wish I'd been stupid enough to get PPI in the first place"
Surprise call from Ed Davey, Energy Minister – on collective switching
A warning to freelancers and the self-employed everywhere
A dragon in the Napoleonic wars
Student loans will be interest free for many 2012 starters
