BBCNEWS Outside Source June 4, 2024 18:18:00
The governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. it follows the announcement yesterday by the us federal reserve that rates there were rising by 0.75%. our economics editor faisal islam has the details. so the bank of england today have once again put up rates, another half a percentage point to 2.25%. it's back up to levels not seen since 2008, affecting the price of loans across the economy. it is now a decisive break with an era of extremely low rates that had lasted since the financial crisis and was prolonged by the pandemic. the bank wants to pu...