The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at 5.25 per cent and signalled it is edging closer to cutting borrowing costs, weakening sterling and boosting stocks.
Governor Andrew Bailey said things were “moving in the right direction” on inflation after the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the benchmark rate at its 16-year high for the fifth successive time.
Two members who had previously called for higher interest rates dropped their demands, instead voting with the majority for unchanged rates.
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