When do you think interest rates will go up?

27 September 2015

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The base rate has been on hold at its historic 0.5% low since March 2009. The result has been record low borrowing rates and shocking savings returns. But when do you think they'll eventually rise? Dust off your crystal ball and give us your prediction (we asked this last in 2013; it'll be fascinating to see how it's changed). So when will interest rates rise? Pick the closest to your view.

The base rate has been on hold at its historic 0.5% low since March 2009. The result has been record low borrowing rates and shocking savings returns. But when do you think they'll eventually rise?

Dust off your crystal ball and give us your prediction (we asked this last in 2013; it'll be fascinating to see how it's changed).

So when will interest rates rise? Pick the closest to your view.

Results

By the end of 2015		328 votes (3 %)
In the first half of 2016		3,159 votes (27 %)
In the second half of 2016		4,378 votes (38 %)
In 2017		1,853 votes (16 %)
In 2018		562 votes (5 %)
2019 - 2020		320 votes (3 %)
After 2020		322 votes (3 %)
It'll go down before it goes up		471 votes (4 %)
It'll never go up		209 votes (2 %)

                   11,602 votes received.

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