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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    I see the RICS house price balance is -68%. Ouch.
    It's been sitting at above +50% from early 2020 for around 2yrs, so it's all good

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      Originally posted by dsc View Post

      It's been sitting at above +50% from early 2020 for around 2yrs, so it's all good
      It’s all good now

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        UK inflation fall throws BoE a curveball before rates decision

        Some big decisions to be made tomorrow by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

        Full story here:

        https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...st-2023-09-20/

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          As you were:

          Bank rate maintained at 5.25% - September 2023

          Full story here - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...september-2023

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            If the Tories call a snap Autumn election, the rate will drop by 1%
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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              5 to pause 4 to raise. Coin toss.

              If there is a raise next meeting then Bailey needs to go.

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                Originally posted by Paddy View Post
                If the Tories call a snap Autumn election, the rate will drop by 1%
                Currently predicted to be next Spring.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                  Currently predicted to be next Spring.
                  I voted for Autumn in a recent YouGov poll.

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                    So Bailey didn't raise rates in part because the market didn't expect it. Yet also says that rates are forecasted to be 1.9-2% end of 2025. The market is pricing end of 2025 rate at 4.5%...

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                      Rates held at 5.25 with 6 votes. 3 dissenters voting for increase. (It was 5 for hold and 4 for increase last meeting).

                      Economic growth prediction reduced. BoE now predicting that the economy will not grow next year and dismissed any notion of lowering rates.

                      Tories are even more screwed then they already were.

                      Market seems to be predicting 5.25% until Q3 2024. Then lowering to 4.25% by end of 2026!
                      Last edited by JustKeepSwimming; 2 November 2023, 12:49.

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