A Data History of UK Interest Rates
Lets look at a history of interest rates in the UK (or England…) Interest rates in England began in 1694. The government needed to raise money to rebuild the Royal Navy in the Nine Years’ War. It set up an…
Finance & Economics
From Dot-com to Pandemic: The Bank of England’s Interest Rates in the 21st Century
9 May 2024. Interest rates are held again at 5.25% in England. But how did we get here? Here's a data history from the dot-com to 2024 on key interest rate moves.
Interest Rates Since 1694
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced today that interest rates will be held at 5.25%. A reminder – from the middle to late half of the 20th century, when we moved from the era of John Maynard Keynes to…