What are the implications of the base rate increases for investors...

Date Published: 12/05/2023 16:07

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the twelfth consecutive time from 4.25% to 4.5%, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in 15 years. This was also the culmination of the most aggressive hiking cycle witnessed since the 1980s. Here, Future Life Wealth Management's MD Jillian Thomas makes sense of what's unravelling - and what the implications could be for investors.

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