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09/11/2006
Interest rate rises to 5%
Mortgage repayments and loans will rise for millions of homeowners on the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates.
As was widely expected, interest rates rose by 0.25% to 5%, the highest rate in five years.
The hike in the interest rate is an attempt by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to curb rising inflation rates. While the government target for inflation is 2% the inflation rate has recently exceeded this figure.
It is anticipated that to keep inflation under control there may be a further rise in interest rates early in the New Year.
(SP/KMcA)
As was widely expected, interest rates rose by 0.25% to 5%, the highest rate in five years.
The hike in the interest rate is an attempt by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to curb rising inflation rates. While the government target for inflation is 2% the inflation rate has recently exceeded this figure.
It is anticipated that to keep inflation under control there may be a further rise in interest rates early in the New Year.
(SP/KMcA)
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The Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at 5.25% for the second month in a row. The decision is good news for borrowers, as there had been fears that interest rates would be increased to 5.5% this month. If this had happened, homeowners with an average £100,000 mortgage would have faced a rise of £16 per month on their repayments.
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Inflation fell by 0.2% to 1.3% in September due in part to reductions in the cost of transport services, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has said. The ONS said that the seasonal price drop in both air and sea fares from high summer levels drove inflation down as, in both cases, the reductions were greater than last year's.
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