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The Bank of England has recently moved down its base rate of interest to 5%.<\/p>\n

Reduction in Interest Rate<\/h2>\n

The Bank of England has cut its base rate of interest from 5.25% to 5%, acting as a slight easing in its restrictiveness. This is their first decrease in four years, and the decision was a narrow split between the central bank\u2019s policy makers.<\/p>\n

This reduction means households on tracker mortgages will see an immediate reduction in their monthly mortgage payments, and those on variable rate deals may also benefit.<\/p>\n

Will it Decrease Further?<\/h2>\n

This 0.25% reduction<\/a> has been able to take place due to some easing of inflationary pressures, with inflation being on their 2% target for two consecutive months.<\/p>\n

However, their decision was very close-cut, with a 5-4 majority, and it\u2019s unlikely this will decrease by much further.<\/p>\n

The Bank of England have warned people not to see this recent decrease in the interest rate as a sign that we will have a sharp fall in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Given that the UK economy has been stronger in recent months, this adds to the risk of inflation being worsened if the interest rate was to drop too sharply.<\/p>\n

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\u201cinflation could be higher than we expected if we cut interest rates too much or too quickly. And despite easing, services price inflation and domestic inflationary pressures do remain elevated, so we need to make sure that inflation stays low. We need to put the period of high inflation firmly behind us and we need to be careful not to cut rates too much or too quickly, all the while monitoring the evidence on how inflationary pressures are evolving\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Andrew Bailey also noted<\/a> that when we have previously had interest rates at near-zero, this was a side-effect of a number of \u201chuge global shocks,\u201d such as the 2007-2008 financial crisis. He said that he would not in normal circumstances expect interest rates to be near zero.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we cannot expect for us to return to these low interest rates, as they were born out of exceptional circumstances. We also cannot expect interest rates to drop as quickly as they have risen in recent years, going down one meeting after another. Instead, a decrease will be something that happens gradually over a longer period of time.<\/p>\n

It is likely that we will reach a \u2018new normal\u2019 for interest rates rather than returning to the \u2018normal\u2019 of the rates we saw pre-2021 before the Bank of England started raising rates so sharply. Some believe<\/a> that the new neutral interest rate will rest around 3%, some believe 4%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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