The central bank made its eighth interest rate hike in less than a year, taking its benchmark rate to 3%, the highest it has been since November 2008. The huge hike matches moves made by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday and the European Central Bank last week. Since the Bank of England’s last meeting, UK financial markets have been through a period of unprecedented turbulence and the outlook for the economy has deteriorated.
While Truss’ tax-cutting plans have since largely been ditched, restoring calm to markets and easing expectations for inflation in the medium term, rising food and energy costs are keeping prices high. The annual rate of inflation rose to 10.1% in September, from 9.9% in August, returning to the 40-year high hit in July.
The years of hard work building the British economy is going to be undone in a little more than a year by a fit of fascination with Putin by the Tory led government.
Looks like their plan to 'quell inflation' is to make money disappear, borrowing unaffordable and consumers aware of price increases due to pandemic/payroll so most small/very small business go under. Plan = 'they can't raise prices/inflation if we drive them out of business'
B*llsh*t it’s to make people poorer
Looks like their plan to 'quell inflation' is to make reserves disappear, borrowing unaffordable and consumers so scared that thousands of small and very small businesses go under. Under the theory 'they can't raise prices/inflation if we drive them out of business'