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forecasts include a rise in the rate of unemployment in the UK to 5.5% this year. Last week the Office for National Statistics put the rate of unemployment at 4.9% in February but said
Bank of England to tighten policy aggressively, although we do expect at least one rise in the coming months.” Others expect rates to remain on [hold at 3.75%](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/19/bank-of-england-holds-interest-rates-iran-war-inflation) for an extended period
Bank of England does not need to raise interest rates this year in response. "Holding rates for the remainder of the year should be sufficient to bring inflation back to target
Interest rates are expected to be held at 3.75% by the Bank of England, with uncertainty dominating the UK and global economies. Analysts are widely predicting the benchmark rate will be left unchanged owing
forecasts about rising inflation and mortgage costs. More than 1 million UK households [could see the cost of servicing loans on their homes increase](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/01/iran-war-higher-mortgage-payments-uk-households-bank-of-england), the Bank of England has predicted. In that
forecast for 2026, down from the 1.3% the IMF predicted in January. The Item Club expected inflation to rise to almost 4% in the second half of 2026 – nearly double the Bank of England
interest rate rise is going to force an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, or clear the "hazardous area" of mines. The Bank of England repeatedly made the point in its latest meeting
interest rate – on 30-year UK government bonds (gilts) hit 5.76% at lunchtime on Tuesday, up 0.11 percentage points – exceeding the 27-year high reached last autumn. Yields have been rising across leading economies amid
interest rates up and down to try to keep inflation on track. Six cuts since August 2024 had brought rates down to 3.75%, but the war is expected to delay any further falls
forecasts for 2026 by 0.5 percentage points, to 0.9%, and by 0.3 percentage points in 2027, to 1%. It also warned under an adverse scenario, involving the global oil price hitting $140 a barrel, that
forecasts include a rise in the UK unemployment rate to 5.6% by the second half of the year. Last week the Office for National Statistics put the [rate of unemployment at 4.9% in February
England will examine Tuesday’s employment market data and the inflation figures before making their next interest rate decision on 30 April. Economists expect the Bank to keep the base rate on hold
forecast that house prices will fall this year owing to rising mortgage rates. It said the impact of war in the Middle East had “fundamentally changed” its outlook for the UK property market, predicting that
forecast GDP would shrink by 0.2%. Over the first three months of 2026, GDP rose 0.6%, up sharply from growth of 0.1% in the final three months of last year. The ONS said that growth
forecast is weaker, however, at 1.1%, instead of the 1.3% expected previously. Setting out in its latest economic outlook the particular risks to the UK from the conflict, which the OECD expects to crimp economic
forecast by economists and the lowest since April 2025. Andrew Wishart, an economist at the German bank Berenberg, said if the slump in the PMI were to continue, it would point to “GDP growth collapsing
forecasts for long-term security… a small bit of economic pain for a few weeks is worth taking off the incalculable tail risk." I asked him to clarify exactly what he meant and he pointed
forecasts for a 0.2% contraction – the chancellor said the figures showed she had the right economic plan, in a comment laced with subtext. Over the first three months of 2026, the economy grew