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BOE must continue raising rates regardless of pain, says Ramsden

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) must continue raising interest rates to bring inflation back to 2% even if it means more hardship for households, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said. Citing concerns about the tight labour market and high inflation expectations, Ramsden said his bias was for further tightening. The BOE has raised rates eight times since December to ...

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Australia set to raise key rate to 3.6% to cool prices

  Bloomberg Australia’s central bank will raise interest rates three more times and then pause from mid-2023 as it tries to slow demand and consumer prices without triggering a recession, economists say. The Reserve Bank will lift its cash rate to 3.6% by June, the median estimate of 35 analysts in a Bloomberg survey showed, up from last month’s forecast ...

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Libor jumps to highest in 14 years

  Bloomberg The three-month London interbank offered rate for dollars climbed to the highest level since the financial crisis in an otherwise quiet day for the front-end of fixed income markets. The benchmark rate for lending between banks rose for the third straight session, climbing roughly 5.9 basis points to 4.75729%, the highest since October 2008. The spread of Libor ...

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