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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Bank of England set to raise rates again as inflation heads for 10%

Inflation

Reuters
16 June, 2022, 05:40 pm
Last modified: 16 June, 2022, 05:46 pm

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Bank of England set to raise rates again as inflation heads for 10%

Reuters
16 June, 2022, 05:40 pm
Last modified: 16 June, 2022, 05:46 pm
People wearing masks walk past the Bank of England, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 23, 2020/ Reuters
People wearing masks walk past the Bank of England, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 23, 2020/ Reuters

Summary

  • BoE raises rates by another 25 basis points to 1.25%
  • Increase is BoE's fifth since December
  • Hike is smaller than recent moves by other central banks
  • BoE torn between surge in inflation and slowing growth
  • Sterling falls after announcement

The Bank of England stuck to its gradual increases in interest rates on Thursday, as other central banks took more urgent action, but said it was ready to act "forcefully" if needed to stamp out dangers posed by inflation it now sees topping 11%.

A day after the US Federal Reserve raised rates by the most since 1994 with a 75 basis-point hike, the BoE increased Bank Rate by another 25 basis points as it warned that Britain's economy would shrink in the April-June quarter.

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The nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 for the 25 basis-point hike in Bank Rate to 1.25%, the same breakdown as in May with the minority voting for a 50 basis-point increase.

The British benchmark rate is now at its highest since January 2009, when it slashed borrowing costs as the global financial crisis raged. It was the fifth time the BoE has raised rates since December when it became the first major central bank to tighten monetary policy following the Covid-19 pandemic.

But some critics say it is moving too slowly to stop the rise in inflation from becoming entrenched in pay deals and inflation expectations, damaging the economy over the long term.

"The scale, pace and timing of any further increases in Bank Rate will reflect the Committee's assessment of the economic outlook and inflationary pressures," the BoE said.

"The Committee will be particularly alert to indications of more persistent inflationary pressures, and will if necessary act forcefully in response."

Sterling fell by more than a cent against the US dollar after the announcement before recovering some of its losses. British government bond yields rose.

"Once again the BoE looks like the timid cat next to the Fed's roar against inflation," said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG Group, a trading platform.

"Accompanying comments about being prepared to act 'forcefully' on inflation will do little when the actual evidence shows the committee remains broadly cautious."

Committee members Catherine Mann, Jonathan Haskel and Michael Saunders favoured a bigger, 50 basis-point increase, as they did in May.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 6-3 vote to raise rates to 1.25% but investors increased their bets on a bigger move in recent days, with sterling plunging against the US dollar and after reports that the Fed was considering its rare 75 basis-point move.

The BoE noted that the market path for British interest rates had risen materially since the May meeting, even though there had been relatively little news since then.

The BoE dropped its guidance from May when it said most MPC members believed "some degree of further tightening in monetary policy may still be appropriate in the coming months".

Global struggle 

Central banks around the world are trying to show they can contain inflation that is hitting levels not seen in decades, pushed up by the reopening of the global economy after the pandemic and then by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As well the Fed's move on Wednesday, last week the European Central Bank said it would push up borrowing costs in July for the first time since 2011 and would do so again in September, possibly by 50 basis points.

Earlier on Thursday, the Swiss National Bank raised its policy interest rate for the first time in 15 years by half a percentage point in a surprise move and Hungary's central bank unexpectedly raised its one-week deposit rate.

The BoE is raising rates even though it has warned of a sharp slowdown ahead for Britain's economy.

British consumer price inflation hit a 40-year high of 9% in April, more than four times the BoE's 2% target, and the central bank on Thursday raised its forecast to show it peaking slightly above 11% in October, when energy bills go up again.

Britain's surge in inflation looks set to last longer than in many other economies, partly due to the delayed impact of its mechanism for domestic power tariffs but also because of the hit to trade from the country's departure from the European Union.

A chronic lack of workers to fill vacancies is worrying the BoE because it could lead to a jump in wages and turn the inflation surge into a longer-lasting problem.

A fall in the value of the pound in recent weeks, caused largely by the rise in interest rate expectations in the United States and the euro zone, threatens to add to the inflation pressure in Britain.

The BoE said sterling had been "particularly weak against the US dollar".

It also downgraded its short-term forecasts for Britain's economy, saying it would shrink by 0.3% in April-June. The BoE had predicted in May that there would be 0.1% growth over the three months.

The forecast for a contraction in growth in the current quarter came despite more measures announced in late May by finance minister Rishi Sunak to help households hit by the jump in inflation.

The BoE said those measures could boost economic output by 0.3% and push up inflation by 0.1 percentage points in the first year.

The next scheduled announcement by the MPC is on 4 Aug.

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