Rate cut to 1% - who'd have thought it?
EDIT - I see Brillo beat me to that announcement in another thread.
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostI wonder what it will be?
Does anyone care any more?
Is it possible for savers to get less reward than they are at the moment?
Edit: about £1700 a month less - 0.5% cut
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Originally posted by thelace View PostIMO
For what the governments around the world are trying to achieve (ie more cash flowing around the system), cutting interest rates has to have a greater effect than most of the other measures they've tried such as the pathetic cut in VAT and underwriting or guaranteeing loans.
If I have more money in my pocket and I'm not going to earn didley squat by saving it, I have two options;
1) Pay off existing debts (my current option) increasing the banks liquidity and allowing them to redress their balance sheets deficits.
2) Spend it, thereby increasing the money spent on the high street, reducing company failures and subsequent redundancies.
Once they've run out of reductions in interest rates (which is just round the corner), the only other way to carry this on would be tax cuts, which the government cannot now afford!
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Originally posted by badger7579 View PostIsn't it more to do with banks lending to themselves ??
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IMO
For what the governments around the world are trying to achieve (ie more cash flowing around the system), cutting interest rates has to have a greater effect than most of the other measures they've tried such as the pathetic cut in VAT and underwriting or guaranteeing loans.
If I have more money in my pocket and I'm not going to earn didley squat by saving it, I have two options;
1) Pay off existing debts (my current option) increasing the banks liquidity and allowing them to redress their balance sheets deficits.
2) Spend it, thereby increasing the money spent on the high street, reducing company failures and subsequent redundancies.
Once they've run out of reductions in interest rates (which is just round the corner), the only other way to carry this on would be tax cuts, which the government cannot now afford!
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Does it matter if it goes any lower banks are not passing much onto us anyway.
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Wouldn’t it be better to raise interest rates, thereby encouraging savers to make deposits that can then be lent out? Surely an interest rate cut is useless if there’s no money being lent out?
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostI wonder what it will be?
Does anyone care any more?
Is it possible for savers to get less reward than they are at the moment?
Cheers Gordon
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Interest rate cut 'pointless', experts say
Experts dismissive as Bank of England set to unveil 0.5pc cut.
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Interest Rate Decision Today
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Does anyone care any more?
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