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January 8, 2025 Alper Kara, _Brunel University of London_ Interest rates have fallen a little, but nothing is guaranteed. September 12, 2024 Igor Goncharov, _Lancaster University_ and Vasso

Ioannidou, _City St George's, University of London_ Central bank independence is important for economic stability – and the money in everyone’s pocket. August 2, 2024 David Spencer,

_University of Leeds_ and Muhammad Ali Nasir, _University of Leeds_ The committee that decides on UK interest rates has been independent of government since 1997 – but it still attracts

controversy. July 8, 2024 Alper Kara, _Brunel University of London_ Around 400,000 UK households are set to experience increases of 50% or more in their mortgage payments. May 14, 2024

Daniel Gros, _Bocconi University_ and Pietro Galeone, _Bocconi University_ Fears abound that cutting rates could tank European currencies, but there’s a a greater risk for them to take

seriously. April 19, 2024 Renaud Foucart, _Lancaster University_ The Bank of England and the OBR hold politicians back, but with good reason. January 22, 2024 Özlem Onaran, _University of

Greenwich_ We should not be afraid of inflation being higher than 2%. January 5, 2024 Joshy Easaw, _Cardiff University_ Levels of consumer confidence can signal people’s future spending

plans and the likely impact on the economy. January 3, 2024 Alper Kara, _Brunel University of London_ Homeowners looking to remortgage and first-time buyers struggled to manage interest rate

hikes in 2023. Here’s what to think about this year. December 19, 2023 Alan Shipman, _The Open University_ Market expectations for rate cuts sooner rather than later have been dashed but

some economies remain in danger of recession. November 29, 2023 Pietro Galeone, _Bocconi University_ and Daniel Gros, _Bocconi University_ The UK, eurozone and US inflation stories have

diverged, which means each economy is now fighting a distinct battle with prices rises, which could require very different weapons. November 21, 2023 Peter Martin, _Crawford School of Public

Policy, Australian National University_ Australian financial markets are now pointing to a close to zero chance of further rate rises – with a fair chance of a rate cut next year. That’s

thanks to the latest news from the US and UK. November 17, 2023 Özlem Onaran, _University of Greenwich_ Prices remain high and there is much more the government could do to help people.

October 31, 2023 Alan Shipman, _The Open University_ So you thought raising interest rates brought down inflation? The reality is a bit more debatable. October 20, 2023 Robert Gausden,

_University of Portsmouth_ We need to start cutting rates, but there’s something that has to happen first. October 6, 2023 David McMillan, _University of Stirling_ Rates are now higher than

after Liz Truss’s 2022 mini-budget. September 27, 2023 Muhammad Ali Nasir, _University of Leeds_ Central banks balance different factors when raising rates – or not – including inflation and

the labour market. But what other countries are doing also has an effect. September 25, 2023 Costas Milas, _University of Liverpool_ The bank’s review into its failure to predict the

inflation surge misses a second equally important blunder a few months later. August 30, 2023 Steve Schifferes, _City St George's, University of London_ The world’s central banks face a

range of dilemmas, not least whether high inflation – and therefore high interest rates – will become permanent. August 4, 2023 David Spencer, _University of Leeds_ and Muhammad Ali Nasir,

_University of Leeds_ The Bank of England has just raised rates for the 14th time in a row to 5.25%.