Britain readies for rate hike to 5.75 percent
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Bank of England policymakers are set to increase on Thursday British interest rates to 5.75 percent, a six-year high, as Britain&#39;s economy grows faster than expected, analysts said.
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The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates at 5.25%, but another rise remains a possibility.
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The European Central Bank is expected to raise its interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.75%.
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Bank's main rate up to 5.75%, highest in six years.
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MILLIONS of homeowners were given a boost yesterday after the Bank of England opted to keep interest rates at 4.75%. Economists had predicted the move after a string of surveys
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The Bank of England should raise interest rates four more times by the end of next year, taking its main interest rate to 5.75 per cent, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
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UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 5% following the latest meeting of the Bank of England.
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The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 5.25 percent for the second month in a row on Thursday, the central bank announced.
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Interest rates have been kept at 4.75% amid signs that five rises over the last year had finally put the brakes on house prices and consumer spending.
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The Bank of England is set to keep UK interest rates on hold at 4.75% after five increases since last November.
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As policy makers around the world respond to the threat of accelerating inflation, The Bank of England yesterday raised interest rates for the fifth time in little less than a year and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, hinted at a possible rate increase later this year .
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The Bank of England raised its key rate by a quarter point to 5.75 percent, while the European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate at 4 percent.
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The Bank of England will likely trim interest rates by a quarter-point to 5.25 percent on Thursday, as it seeks to support growth but contain inflationary pressures, analysts said.
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The Bank of England is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent on Thursday after recent signs that a string of hikes have started to douse the red-hot housing market.
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The Bank of England is widely expected to leave rates on hold at 4.75% at its latest interest rate meeting.
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The pound remained buoyed by last week's surprise quarter point rate hike to 4.75 percent from the Bank of England.
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The US Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.