Guess the rate date challenge...

gallygirl

financialbliss wrote: »

While I was there, I did a little house keeping and coloured the people who we have lost from this little challenge in red.

Froggy G's looking good with 2020 :rotfl:

curlygirl1971

Do you think we'll get to a point where we all get to have a second go

I've never been so pleased to fail at something....

Twiddy

FB, put me down for November 2012 - from 0.5% to 0.75%.

Cheers
T

financialbliss

curlygirl1971 wrote: »

Do you think we'll get to a point where we all get to have a second go

I've never been so pleased to fail at something....

Ha, How about another challenge to take a guess on when we will revert to the historical average of the base rate at 5.0%.

It could take some time to get back up there, but who knows what the rate setters may do if inflation does not fall back.

TiM suggesting a rate hold for Thursday:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2058186/Interest-rates-held-economists-predict.html

@Twiddy - I'll get you added in tonight.

FB.

MsWow

I'm for May 2012 and the rate will rise from 0.5% to 1%. Hope I'm wrong though...

financialbliss

@Twiddy / MsWow - now added to this little challenge.

Charts updated too.

FB.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

I would like to throw my hat in the ring. Rate rise of 0.5% in June '12 with a 0.25% increase again in November '12. Not sure if I am 'allowed' two goes.......however I hope to fail and thus OP more during '12. Thanks

financialbliss

Bit later than the 12:00 announcement, but rates held yet again at 0.5% today:

BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15675594

TiM:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2059806/Rates-held-0-5-cent-eurozone-crisis-threatens-plunge-UK-recession.html

FB.

MsWow

financialbliss wrote: »

Bit later than the 12:00 announcement, but rates held yet again at 0.5% today:

BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15675594

TiM:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2059806/Rates-held-0-5-cent-eurozone-crisis-threatens-plunge-UK-recession.html

FB.

No suprise, to be honest.

originalmiscellany

I remember at the time saying Jan 2012 seemed such a long way away - now it's almost with us, and it appears we're going to have at least another year of super low rates - the only issue is to do with how the break up of the Euro hits us - which I think could be a good thing for our economy...