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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ben Chu

Are negative interest rates for the UK edging closer?

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he UK pound took a pronounced dip against the US dollar in the wake of the latest interest rate decision by the Bank of England on Thursday.

In one sense this was puzzling because the Bank, as expected, kept rates and its money printing programme on hold and signalled no change in its economic outlook relative to its meeting last month. 

In some respects, such as the picture it painted of the recovery of household spending in the wake of the Covid crash, it was arguably slightly better.

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