Bloomberg A Bank of England (BOE) interest-rate increase would hurt a fifth of existing mortgage holders, heaping misery on households already struggling with higher food and fuel costs. More than 21% of outstanding residential mortgages in the UK have variable interest rates, meaning the cost of repayments changes when the benchmark lending rate changes, according to data through June from ...

Bloomberg Persistent inflation could trigger more spells when bonds and equities move in tandem, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts, posing a headache for investors who use fixed-income securities to shelter some of their portfolios from stock-market drops. The bond-market selloff in September coincided with the S&P 500 shedding 4.8%, a lockstep move that battered multi-asset investors. A basket ...

Bloomberg Peru tightened monetary policy for a third straight month after inflation surged to its highest rate in 12 years and political volatility roiled the currency. The central bank lifted its benchmark rate half a percentage point, to 1.5%, matching the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. It was the third consecutive rate hike by the bank led by ...