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Interest rate hike 12:00 - Nov 2 with 5215 viewsMaySixth

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Interest rate hike on 12:03 - Nov 2 with 4354 viewsGuthrum

Fairly inevitable.

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
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Interest rate hike on 12:07 - Nov 2 with 4340 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Probably needs to happen as a bit of a mark in the sand and to help combat inflation.

I dont think it will have a negative impact.

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Interest rate hike on 12:11 - Nov 2 with 4324 viewshomer_123

.25% is a hike?

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Interest rate hike on 12:13 - Nov 2 with 4316 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Interest rate hike on 12:11 - Nov 2 by homer_123

.25% is a hike?


Thats a fair point.

Just takes us back to where we were around a year ago. Not exactly seismic.

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Interest rate hike on 12:23 - Nov 2 with 4276 viewsMaySixth

Interest rate hike on 12:13 - Nov 2 by Marshalls_Mullet

Thats a fair point.

Just takes us back to where we were around a year ago. Not exactly seismic.


nothing really imo

£6.40 a month for those on variable rate mortgages

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Interest rate hike on 12:29 - Nov 2 with 4267 viewsNo9

As I go into retirement I would like the interest rates to be back where they were in the late 80's circa 15%
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Interest rate hike on 12:41 - Nov 2 with 4234 viewsTractorWood

Interest rate hike on 12:29 - Nov 2 by No9

As I go into retirement I would like the interest rates to be back where they were in the late 80's circa 15%


Won't make much difference if you're reliant on a pension, that will inevitably be linked to the performance of the global stock markets. If you've got loads of cash savings, it will make a difference.

I know that was then, but it could be again..
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Interest rate hike on 12:52 - Nov 2 with 4202 viewsBlueinBrum

Interest rate hike on 12:11 - Nov 2 by homer_123

.25% is a hike?


Well, it' is a 100% increase!
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Interest rate hike on 12:52 - Nov 2 with 4205 viewsNo9

Interest rate hike on 12:41 - Nov 2 by TractorWood

Won't make much difference if you're reliant on a pension, that will inevitably be linked to the performance of the global stock markets. If you've got loads of cash savings, it will make a difference.


Yes, & in the 80's many moved into cash to take advantage of the high interest rates.
Where would you get 15% with no risk on the stock market?
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Interest rate hike on 12:54 - Nov 2 with 4190 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Interest rate hike on 12:52 - Nov 2 by No9

Yes, & in the 80's many moved into cash to take advantage of the high interest rates.
Where would you get 15% with no risk on the stock market?


You wont get 15% with no risk anywhere, and certainly not from the banks anytime soon.

15% rates would make for a very lazy population.

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Interest rate hike on 12:56 - Nov 2 with 4187 viewsJ2BLUE

I locked my mortgage in for five years a year ago. It was a good deal and I couldn't see anywhere to go but up. Looks good now if there is going to be another couple of rate rises over the next couple of years although the saving is obviously fairly minor.

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Interest rate hike on 12:56 - Nov 2 with 4187 viewsBlueBadger

Interest rate hike on 12:29 - Nov 2 by No9

As I go into retirement I would like the interest rates to be back where they were in the late 80's circa 15%


This is up there with Dolly's wish for a housing market crash in the 'daftest thing ever wished for on TWTD' stakes.

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Interest rate hike on 12:59 - Nov 2 with 4168 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Interest rate hike on 12:56 - Nov 2 by J2BLUE

I locked my mortgage in for five years a year ago. It was a good deal and I couldn't see anywhere to go but up. Looks good now if there is going to be another couple of rate rises over the next couple of years although the saving is obviously fairly minor.


I locked mine for 10 years. Kinda wish I'd done longer.

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Interest rate hike on 13:04 - Nov 2 with 4145 viewsNo9

Interest rate hike on 12:54 - Nov 2 by Marshalls_Mullet

You wont get 15% with no risk anywhere, and certainly not from the banks anytime soon.

15% rates would make for a very lazy population.


Er, that was what happened in the 80's before the bankers crash.
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Interest rate hike on 13:04 - Nov 2 with 4137 viewsNo9

Interest rate hike on 12:56 - Nov 2 by BlueBadger

This is up there with Dolly's wish for a housing market crash in the 'daftest thing ever wished for on TWTD' stakes.


Not daft, just selfish
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Interest rate hike on 13:06 - Nov 2 with 4133 viewsblue_oyster

Lets get them up to 5% so we can at least pretend we're economically capable.
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Interest rate hike on 13:07 - Nov 2 with 4124 viewsSpruceMoose

Interest rate hike on 13:06 - Nov 2 by blue_oyster

Lets get them up to 5% so we can at least pretend we're economically capable.
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Interest rate hike on 13:08 - Nov 2 with 4124 viewsStokieBlue

Interest rate hike on 13:04 - Nov 2 by No9

Er, that was what happened in the 80's before the bankers crash.


That's not really true is it.

There were a few periods where interest rates were that high due to various things I doubt you were finding risk free products at 15% consistently in the 80's.

SB

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Interest rate hike on 13:08 - Nov 2 with 4118 viewsGlasgowBlue

Hike?

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Interest rate hike on 13:09 - Nov 2 with 4108 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Interest rate hike on 13:04 - Nov 2 by No9

Er, that was what happened in the 80's before the bankers crash.


Yep, whats your point?

15% interest rates would discourage investment, why take a risk when you can make 15% in the bank?

You'd struggle to find VC / PE funding, they'd all just leave it in the bank.

Its all about the circular flow of income.

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Interest rate hike on 13:10 - Nov 2 with 4102 viewsSpruceMoose

Interest rate hike on 13:08 - Nov 2 by GlasgowBlue

Hike?


One man's hike is another's gentle stroll.

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Interest rate hike on 13:14 - Nov 2 with 4080 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Interest rate hike on 13:08 - Nov 2 by StokieBlue

That's not really true is it.

There were a few periods where interest rates were that high due to various things I doubt you were finding risk free products at 15% consistently in the 80's.

SB


People love using the '15%' statistic.

In the 1980's the base rate was at or above 15% for about 5 months over the whole decade.

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/iadb/Repo.asp

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Interest rate hike on 13:18 - Nov 2 with 4068 viewsNo9

Interest rate hike on 13:08 - Nov 2 by StokieBlue

That's not really true is it.

There were a few periods where interest rates were that high due to various things I doubt you were finding risk free products at 15% consistently in the 80's.

SB


There were banks offering that in the 80's
Just as there were banks lending business at 25%
it may not have been for long periods although it must be remebered that the governemtn of the day trie to use interest rates to curb inflation (who was it who said the government was a one lub golfer?)
& of course then there was the massive overnight hike in Sept 92
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Interest rate hike on 13:21 - Nov 2 with 4057 viewsBergholtBru

In answer to the OP`s request for thoughts. "they couldn`t really go down anymore. Therefore, sooner or later, a rise was inevitable.

Offended you I have. A sh@t I do not give.
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Interest rate hike on 13:24 - Nov 2 with 4044 viewsJ2BLUE

Interest rate hike on 12:56 - Nov 2 by BlueBadger

This is up there with Dolly's wish for a housing market crash in the 'daftest thing ever wished for on TWTD' stakes.


Why is it daft for a non home owner to want prices to go back to a reasonable level?

Truly impaired.
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