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Watch live as the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, and other members of the BoE’s Financial Policy Committee answer questions from the House of Commons’ Treasury Committee on 10 January.

Banks are cutting mortgage rates on products as competition amongst lenders intensifies - but what does it mean for first-time buyers and people remortgaging

Market expectations have increased for global central banks to ease their aggressive monetary tightening campaigns and begin cutting interest rates this year. With inflation pressures expected to continue receding, the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank (ECB), and Bank of England (BOE) are expected to lead the push to lower interest...

People’s confidence in the UK’s economic outlook improved towards the end of 2023, despite continuing to battle a cost-of-living crisis. Although it has strengthened over the year to December, “consumer sentiment” as this confidence is called, is still in negative territory.

Goldman Sachs says faster-than-expected fall in borrowing costs will ease the pain for millions

US unemployment rate remains at 3.7% against expectations of an uptick; however jobs increases in November and October are revised lower

From a potential roaring 20s in the markets to recession fears in the UK, here’s our look ahead to the year in finance

He and other members of the bank’s Financial Policy Committee will face questions from the Commons Treasury Committee

The annual growth rate for consumer credit was 8.6% in November, the highest rate since September 2018, according to the Bank of England.

Around 5 million households have seen their mortgage interest rate change since the Bank of England base rate started to rise in late 2021. Over the course of the 2023 alone, the base rate increased from 3.5% to 5.25%, surpassing economists’ expectations and pushing mortgage rates to the highest levels…

Britain’s biggest lender kickstarts 2024 by slashing rates by nearly 1 per cent