rates to a 15 year high at 4.5% as it continues its fight against high inflation. and donald trump calls for republicans to let the us default on its debt rather than give way on biden s spending plans. hello. a warm welcome to the programme. this is world business report, i m ben thompson and we are going to start in the uk where the bank of england has raised interest rates for a 12th consecutive month. all of that as it tries to fight high inflation. uk interest rates were raised by 0.25%, while the bank said inflation would fall sharply in april but not as far or as fast as it previously thought. last month inflation slowed to 10.1% but that figure is still way above the bank of england s target. remember that target is 2%. let s speak to victorias, head of investment at interactive investor. lovely to see you. let s talk about what we have heard. first the interest rate itself because the interesting stuff is what the bank told us about what might happen next. a widely
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