Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Annual UK house price growth slowed sharply in June, ONS data shows

Figures follow others indicating prices are beginning to fall as higher interest rates and living costs bite

The Guardian - UK

Inflation is causing real pain. But raising interest rates will make it worse

Rate hikes could induce a recession and hurt ordinary people. We need price stabilisation measures instead

The Guardian - US

Mortgage advice: Phil Spencer’s guide for homeowners and new buyers grappling with sudden interest rates hikes

TV property expert and founder of advice platform Move iQ Phil Spencer offers his advice for homeowners facing a mortgage timebomb.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Asian Markets Fluctuate as Traders Weigh Economic Outlook

Markets drifted in Asia on Wednesday, with investors trying to navigate an uncertain economic landscape as central banks hike interest rates to fight runaway inflation, in turn fueling fears of a possible recession. But while officials at the Federal Reserve and its peers are expected to keep tightening monetary policy…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why does our inflation response punish low-income workers?

As the Reserve Bank considers another rate increase today, a more equitable approach would seek to shift the costs of dealing with inflation on to the least vulnerable, argues Edward Miller

Newsroom.co.nz

Held rates to help vulnerable borrowers

While the higher cost of living has impacted vulnerable borrowers and driven some of them back to debt relief measures, banks' current holding of interest rates unchanged will help ease their financial burden, said an executive of the Bank of Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Premium real estate leads regional house price fall as ANZ tips 18 per cent nationwide property slump

Australia's housing market is set to drop 18 per cent, according to one major bank, and new data shows regional areas are joining Sydney and Melbourne in the slide.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next? Energy expert Q&A

While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price cap for households’ electricity and heating costs is set to more than double…

The Conversation

Homeowners warned interest rates could rise by further 0.5% next month

Millions of homeowners were warned on Tuesday that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee could raise interest rates by a further 0.5 per cent next month - hiking their mortgage payments.

Evening Standard

Oil prices hit lowest level since Ukraine invasion on China growth fears

Chinese recovery from lockdowns shows signs of fizzling out as central bank cuts interest rates

The Guardian - UK

Mortgages: your options if you want to switch deals or are a first-time buyer

The lowdown for different categories of borrower as interest rates continue to rise

The Guardian - UK

The World Is Seeing How the Dollar Really Works

By raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve strengthened the U.S. currency—and revealed its centrality to global order.

Foreign Policy

House sales in Wales fall but shortage of stock drives prices up

Higher interest rates and the cost of living crisis were cited for the drop in market activity

Birmingham Post

Consumer confidence takes a dive as rising interest rates and high inflation weigh on sentiment

The Westpac consumer sentiment index fell for a ninth consecutive month as interest rates, falling housing prices and high inflation woes mount.

The New Daily

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

Is it worth paying exit fees to get out of your mortgage deal

Worried homeowners on fixed rate mortgages with early repayment charges are being offered a new online calculator tool to help them decide if it is worth paying eye-watering exit fees to get a new deal before yet more interest rate rises kick in.

Tribune News Service

Here’s how much you need to earn to buy a home in the Bay Area

Thinking of buying a home in the Bay Area? You’ll need to make at least $250,000 a year to comfortably afford it.

The Independent UK

New Zealand house prices finally fall from dizzying heights

New Zealand house prices have fallen year-on-year for the first time in more than a decade as rising interest rates finally halted a dizzying boom that had only gained momentum after the coronavirus pandemic first hit

Bangkok Post

Demand destruction the new buzzword

On Feb 23, a day before Russia invaded Ukraine, the world crude oil price was US$90.60 (3,221 baht) per barrel. Russian oil supply disruption and demand recovery from Covid-19 dragged the crude oil price to almost $120 at the end of May, after the US and European central banks sent…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Fixed rate mortgage deals: should you refinance now or wait and see?

With interest rates set to double, hundreds of thousands of Londoners on ultra-cheap fixed-rate mortgage deals face an awful dilemma: pay hefty cancellation changes to refinance today, or hope they can afford to refinance when their current deals expire

Glasgow Live

New student loan changes affecting everyone who is repaying one

The change affects students with Plan 2 (undergraduate) and Plan 3 (postgraduate) loans - and comes instead of an expected 12% interest rate

Evening Standard

Student loans interest rates cuts: Who does it affect and when do the changes happen?

The changes apply to graduates in England and Wales who are on Plan 2 or postgraduate loans.

The New Daily

‘Greater insight’: ABS unveils monthly inflation reports as cost-of-living crisis bites

Households and the Reserve Bank will get a much closer look into when soaring inflation peaks later this year with monthly price reports coming.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Adopts Measures to Rationalize Electricity Consumption

Egypt is seeking to increase its hard currency revenues, as a result of the rise in interest rates on the dollar. Egypt’s financing needs are increasing despite record revenues achieved from the Suez Canal Authority, which reached USD 7 billion in the last fiscal year, remittances from Egyptians abroad that…

Daily Mirror

Student loan interest rates capped at 6.3% from September - see how it affects you

The change affects students in England and Wales with Plan 2 (undergraduate) and Plan 3 (postgraduate) loans - and comes instead of an expected 12% interest rate

Bangkok Post

Banks asked to freeze rates - finance minister

Commercial banks should not rush to raise their interest rates even though the Bank of Thailand (BOT) will tighten monetary policy, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Wednesday.

1 … 231 232 233 234

People

Arkhom Termpittayapaisith

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Monetary Policy Committee

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.