BoE rate cuts cost households billions


Muted impact: The BoE in London. Homeowners have yet to benefit, as many wait for mortgage deals locked in at higher rates to expire. — Reuters

LONDON: Exactly one year since the Bank of England (BoE) started to cut interest rates, the pressure on households from the highest borrowing costs in a generation is still building.

Bloomberg analysis of BoE savings and mortgage data shows that Britons in aggregate are an annual £11bil worse off than in July last year – despite four interest-rate cuts since then and the prospect of more to come.

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