• May 22 2024
  UK rate cut hopes dented after inflation falls to 2.3%

  Markets scale back bets on BoE cutting cost of borrowing in June after consumer price index growth exceeds forecasts

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• May 22 2024
  Global Economy

  Global inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

  Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  updated 44 minutes ago

  
• May 21 2024
  Bank of England

  BoE governor predicts ‘quite a drop’ in UK inflation in April figure

  Andrew Bailey also says the next move in interest rates by the central bank will be a cut

  
• May 21 2024
  Chris Giles on Central Banks

  Measurement matters Premium content

  Real rentals, fast food and awkward adjustments in an inflation index near you

  
• May 21 2024
  UK grocery inflation falls to ‘more normal levels’, sector data shows

  Kantar figures indicate prices rose 2.4% in the four weeks to mid-May, down from 3.2% the previous month

  
• May 20 2024
  UK interest rates

  BoE could be close to cutting rates as inflation eases says deputy governor

  Ben Broadbent believes direct effects of pandemic and war in Ukraine have now ‘faded’

  
• May 20 2024
  UK set for slower inflation than Eurozone and US

  Drop in household energy bills set to push price growth close to Bank of England target

  
• May 19 2024
  How fast is UK inflation falling?

  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  
• May 16 2024
  UK interest rates

  BoE needs more evidence of price pressures easing before cutting rates, says policymaker

  Megan Greene believes ‘burden of proof’ must lie in inflation waning before Bank of England loosens stance

  
• May 9 2024
  Bank of England

  Poor labour market data causes problems for Bank of England

  Gaps make it much harder to tell how fast inflationary pressures are receding

  
• May 8 2024
  Pound Sterling

  Traders bet against sterling in belief BoE will cut rates by summer

  Investors raise short positions to 16-month high as conviction grows that UK borrowing costs will fall ahead of US

  
• May 7 2024
  UK interest rates

  BoE likely to flag future rate cuts as divided policy committee meets

  Investors predict MPC will maintain interest at 5.25% when it meets on Thursday

  
• May 2 2024
  Bank of England

  Collective amnesia on money supply hit BoE inflation response, says Mervyn King

  Former governor says central bank ‘tarnished’ record by keeping interest rates low as price pressures intensified

  
• May 2 2024
  UK economy

  UK set to lag behind peers on growth and suffer ‘sticky’ inflation, says OECD

  Forecaster delivers downbeat outlook ahead of local elections in England

  
• May 2 2024
  News in-depthCost of living crisis

  UK households cut back on beer, meat and domestic appliances after prices surge

  FT analysis of official data points to impact of cost of living crisis on consumption

  
• May 1 2024
  FT AlphavilleTej Parikh

  UK inflation: From too high, to too low?

  Time to ease the squeeze

  
• April 29 2024
  UK non-food shop prices fall in April, industry data shows

  Cheaper clothing, footwear and promotions help bring down retail inflation rate to lowest since December 2021

  
• April 29 2024
  Martin Wolf

  What we must still learn about the great inflation disaster

  Past and present policymakers should ask more searching questions about the causes and impact of the price surge

  
• April 27 2024
  News in-depthCentral banks

  Investors bet global central banks will be forced to delay rate cuts

  Market expectations for loosening in Europe and UK pushed back as US grapples with a hot economy

  
• April 23 2024
  Bank of England

  Bank of England policymaker warns against cutting rates too soon

  Pound rises against dollar as chief economist Huw Pill sets a different tone from deputy governor

  
• April 23 2024
  UK grocery inflation falls to 30-month low

  Grocery price growth eases to 3.2% in four weeks to mid-April as retailers focus on special offers

  
• April 19 2024
  UK inflation could stay near 2% target for three years, says BoE rate-setter

  Dave Ramsden’s comments suggest he does not need much more evidence of price growth falling before backing rate cuts

  
• April 17 2024
  News in-depth

  BoE’s Bailey insists UK ‘on track’ to quell inflation

  Governor keen to set his own course on interest rate cuts but may find it uncomfortable to move faster than the Fed

  
• April 17 2024
  UK inflation falls less than expected to 3.2% in March

  Rate of price increases falls below US for first time since 2022

  
• April 12 2024
  News in-depthBank of England

  Ben Bernanke’s brutal verdict on the Bank of England

  Former Fed chair highlights shortcomings in modelling but does not call for policymakers to publish own rate projections