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Interest rate rises likely to start from Spring 2015

Speaking to Sky News:

Martin Weale is one of 9 members of the MPC that votes on interest rates

"I think it is very helpful that we try and explain that the most likely path for interest rates is that the first rise will come perhaps in the Spring of next year and then that the path is likely to be relatively gradual."
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  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,389 Forumite
    Maximum increase will be 0.1% a year ... that's it.

    Governments and people cannot cope with high Interest Rates.

    No-one reading this will see IR's higher than 2% in their lifetimes .... of that there is no doubt at all.
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    MrRee wrote: »
    Maximum increase will be 0.1% a year ... that's it.

    Governments and people cannot cope with high Interest Rates.

    No-one reading this will see IR's higher than 2% in their lifetimes .... of that there is no doubt at all.

    The inference was certainly that there will be a slow path upwards and not returning to 5%.
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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Gradual path towards 3.5% - 4% seems to be current view.

    With overrall indebtedness going to take decades to wean people off the debt addiction.

    Of course the unknown is that we may have another recession at any time. So debt overhang is a considerable problem.
  • mystic_trev
    mystic_trev Posts: 5,434 Forumite
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    MrRee wrote: »
    No-one reading this will see IR's higher than 2% in their lifetimes .... of that there is no doubt at all.

    No of course they won't dearie ;)………and VAT will be reduced to 8% :rotfl:

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  • Moto2
    Moto2 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Speaking to Sky News:

    Martin Weale is one of 9 members of the MPC that votes on interest rates

    "I think it is very helpful that we try and explain that the most likely path for interest rates is that the first rise will come perhaps in the Spring of next year and then that the path is likely to be relatively gradual."


    I suspect the MPC will be 'invited' to dinner in Downing St. and reminded of why that wouldn't be a good idea before June 2015
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  • movilogo
    movilogo Posts: 3,235 Forumite
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    No-one reading this will see IR's higher than 2% in their lifetimes

    In 2008, people thought the same that no would see less than 3% BoE IR in their life time :D

    Just learn to be surprised.
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  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Gradual path towards 3.5% - 4% seems to be current view.

    With overrall indebtedness going to take decades to wean people off the debt addiction.

    Of course the unknown is that we may have another recession at any time. So debt overhang is a considerable problem.
    Artificially low rates are getting more and more people addicted to more and more debt. Just wait for the next crisis that is in the making.
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
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    That's a date that is going to be revised nearer the time. Can see it getting pushed further.
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    Artificially low rates are getting more and more people addicted to more and more debt. Just wait for the next crisis that is in the making.

    You often use this phrase, shortchanged, 'artificially low rates'.
    They are low, agreed, but what is artificial about them?
    Were interest rates pre-crash artificially high?
    What would be a non-artificial interest rate?
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  • movilogo
    movilogo Posts: 3,235 Forumite
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    Non artificial interest rate is when it is adjusted for inflation by considering house price rise.

    Current inflation calculation discards the effect of house price rise.
    Happiness is buying an item and then not checking its price after a month to discover it was reduced further.
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