BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 16:17:00
Was "systemic" during a 12 year period up to 2020. interest rates up again — to one and a quarter per cent, the highest in more than a decade. a man confesses to killing a britishjournalist and his local guide in brazil, and leads police to where he buried the bodies. the bank of england has raised interest rates for the fifth time in a row. the base rate is going up a quarter of a percentage point — to 1.25 per cent — its highest level in 13 years. the move is aimed at fighting high inflation amid soaring energy prices. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, told me the raise was wid...