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BOE Rates hit 1.5%

They've been cut to 1.5 %
www.bbc.co.uk

Doubt it will mean much though!!
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  • skap7309
    skap7309 Posts: 874 Forumite
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    skap7309 wrote: »
    Details to follow...........

    Hopefully the BS's will pass it on. Only a saving of just over £13 on our mortgage payment but better than an increase.
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    BBC link here

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7817453.stm
    Interest rates hit all-time low


    The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 1.5%, the lowest level in its 315-year history, as it continues efforts to aid an economic recovery.
    The half percentage point reduction brings interest rates below 2% for the first time since the Bank of England was founded in 1694.
    Manufacturers' association EEF said the move was "too timid", and that the Bank should have cut rates further. The Bank has now reduced rates four times from October's 5% level.

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    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    thanked the graph, even steeper than house prices...

    ...but the thread is not the first!!
  • skap7309
    skap7309 Posts: 874 Forumite
    sb44 wrote: »
    Hopefully the BS's will pass it on. Only a saving of just over £13 on our mortgage payment but better than an increase.

    Hahaha. For you, yes.
    For me, i hope they do not as it will be offset by reducing interest on my savings. :o
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Lets hope it's the last cut before they go back up again!
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    ...but the thread is not the first!!

    But it is the only one with a pretty red line on a graph. :beer:
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Looks like the markets priced in a larger drop. The £ as shot up again against the $ and the Euro.

    Should be another 0.5% next month. My mortgage will be cheaper than renting a card board box soon.:D
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    renting a card board box soon

    Cardboard Box ???? ...................You were Lucky !!!!

    We used to live in a rolled up newspaper in cess pit.....father worked 27 hours, 7 days a week and paid for privelige.....................and you try telling people today....................
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! PPI Party Pooper
    Really2 wrote: »
    Looks like the markets priced in a larger drop. The £ as shot up again against the $ and the Euro.

    Thanks for that Really. I am about to pay a big bill in dollars and I've been and checked xe.com and you've officially made my day!
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