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Interest rates - April 2008

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  • homer_j_3
    homer_j_3 Posts: 3,266 Forumite
    I voted for a 0.25% cut.

    Im also up for a correction happening over crash
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  • Dick_here
    Dick_here Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think the MPC should go to the pub first and then make up their minds.

    I assumed they do that every month... :beer:
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  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    .25 cut (possibly even .50 but I have my doubts): won't make any difference to real mortgage rates; savers will bear the negative consequences:mad: and we can all say 'Goodbye Sterling' :wave:and hello Mr Inflation:hello:
    Slight change of mind, if I may:rolleyes: .50 cut definite (possibly .25 if they get bullied by other members:rotfl:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • Kez100
    Kez100 Posts: 2,236 Forumite
    overlander wrote: »
    Hi GG,
    Yes if you are lucky to have a guaranteed tracker then it will have a direct effect. But some trackers although called trackers actually track the lenders SVR which is influenced by the Libor rate.

    I have a BOE tracker. +0.69. So, any move matters to me too.

    I also don't think it will have any effect on the housing market or mortgage deals.

    I wait to see if the BOE really are independant. If they are there will be no change or a rise. Any drop and independence is clearly the sham we all pre-guessed as existing.
  • minimike2
    minimike2 Posts: 2,210 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If a rate is a tracker, it HAS to track....rates likned to the SVR are called discounted variable rates.

    55 mins to go!
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    ^Sooooo exciting :rotfl:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • Ok CPI at 2.5% tells us they should hold rates or increase them by 0.25%. Personally I think they should let sterling devalue further and run CPI straight up to 3-3.5% by cutting by 0.75%. Once they've sorted out the wholesale markets we can start to worry about inflation again.
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    Personally I think they should let sterling devalue further and run CPI straight up to 3-3.5% by cutting by 0.75%
    :eek: :eek: You ARE joking...thought so:rotfl:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • minimike2
    minimike2 Posts: 2,210 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I think inflation should be the number one priority!
  • Not joking at all. The compound effects of Basel 2 and credit crunch are frightening.
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