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Interest rates: Zero chance of a rate rise in 2012

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced its first interest rates decision of 2012 (at midday today, Thursday 12 January 2012). It should come as no surprise to anyone who has been keeping track of UK interest rates that the MPC...

Published 12 Jan 2012 12:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, quantitative easing, mpc

Interest rates: Next rate rise is a long way off

As it has for each consecutive month since March 2009, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted at its November 2011 meeting to maintain UK interest rates at their record low rate of 0.5% . And as has been a common theme over recent months...

Published 6 Dec 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, mpc

Are record-low interest rates here to stay?

At its July 2011 meeting, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) once again voted to hold UK interest rates at the historic low of 0.5% . The minutes of the July 2011 MPC meeting (to be published later today) will provide some insight into...

Published 20 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: inflation, bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, ecb, jean-claude trichet, mpc

To raise or not to raise? Tough balancing act on UK interest rates

Some analysts argue that the days of record low interest rates (at 0.5%, the level at which they have been parked since March 2009) are numbered. The MPC announces the results of its May 2011 meeting at midday tomorrow (Thursday 5 May 2011).But how soon...

Published 4 May 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: inflation, bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, ecb

Will UK interest rates budge from the record low of 0.5% today?

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today announces its April 2011 decision on UK interest rates. Speculation is mounting that a rise in interest rates - which last month notched up two calendar years at the record low of 0.5% - could...

Published 7 Apr 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates

Interest rates: Will the 2011 rate rise be "nice" or "not nice"?

It seems probable - though, crucially, not certain - that UK interest rates will notch up their second anniversary at the record low of 0.5%, when the Bank of England Monetary Policy Commitee's (MPC) next policy decision is announced later today Read...

Published 10 Mar 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates

Pay awards & inflation: "Misery will be replaced by happiness"

There are reasons to be cheerful at the current persistence of below-inflation pay awards . This is according to Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith . The headline pay award continues to fall further behind elevated inflation in 2011. But, Smith...

Published 22 Feb 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, inflation, bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, unemployment, pay

XpertHR pay data and Bank of England policy on interest rates

Key figures from the XpertHR pay databank and from XpertHR's benchmarking survey of private sector pay prospects for 2011 are quoted in the Bank of England's February 2011 Inflation Report (PDF format, 679K) . The XpertHR pay figures feed into...

Published 18 Feb 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, xperthr, pay awards, inflation, bank of england, benchmarking, monetary policy committee, interest rates, xperthr surveys

Inflation in 2011: Are we "sitting on an inflationary volcano"?

Persistently high inflation represents a headache for policymakers, with rising commodity prices keeping inflation elevated even before the inevitably inflationary impact of the January 2011 VAT increase kicks in. The risk remains that if elevated inflation...

Published 2 Feb 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay awards, inflation, bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates

UK interest rates decision, August 2010: Rates notch up 18 months at 0.5%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced at midday today that UK interest rates will once again be held 0.5% . The interest rate remains at the lowest level ever seen in the 316-year history of the Bank of England, at which...

Published 5 Aug 2010 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, mervyn king

UK interest rates: Record low of 0.5% maintained in July 2010

UK interest rates have notched up their 17th consecutive month at the record low of 0.5% (external website), following the July 2010 meeting of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Read More...

Published 8 Jul 2010 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, mervyn king

Interest rates frozen at 0.5% in June 2010

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain UK interest rates at their all-time low of 0.5% (external website) for a 16th consecutive month, following the MPC's June 2010 meeting.While the MPC's decision to...

Published 10 Jun 2010 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates

Economic recovery: No prospect for "trampoline" growth in 2011/2012, says David Cameron

With Chancellor George Osborne's emergency Budget a little over a fortnight away (to be held on Tuesday 22 June 2010), Prime Minister David Cameron has begun to lay the groundwork for the coalition Government's programme of economic austerity...

Published 7 Jun 2010 8:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, interest rates, budget, gdp, george osborne, nick clegg, david cameron, economic recovery

Interest rate held at 0.5% as political uncertainty prevails

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold UK interest rates at their all-time low of 0.5% (external website) for a 15th consecutive month, following the MPC's May 2010 meeting. This is entirely unsurprising given...

Published 10 May 2010 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, mervyn king

UK interest rates notch up 14th consecutive month at 0.5% in April 2010

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced that interest rates will remain at the current all-time low of 0.5% (external website), following the MPC's April 2010 meeting. Last month's Budget 2010 suggests that interest...

Published 8 Apr 2010 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, general election, alistair darling, monetary policy committee, interest rates, budget

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Interest rates: Zero chance of a rate rise in 2012

Interest rates: Next rate rise is a long way off

Are record-low interest rates here to stay?

To raise or not to raise? Tough balancing act on UK interest rates

Will UK interest rates budge from the record low of 0.5% today?

Interest rates: Will the 2011 rate rise be "nice" or "not nice"?

Pay awards & inflation: "Misery will be replaced by happiness"

XpertHR pay data and Bank of England policy on interest rates

Inflation in 2011: Are we "sitting on an inflationary volcano"?

UK interest rates decision, August 2010: Rates notch up 18 months at 0.5%

UK interest rates: Record low of 0.5% maintained in July 2010

Interest rates frozen at 0.5% in June 2010

Economic recovery: No prospect for "trampoline" growth in 2011/2012, says David Cameron

Interest rate held at 0.5% as political uncertainty prevails

UK interest rates notch up 14th consecutive month at 0.5% in April 2010