What an interest rate hike in February would mean for markets

Rate rise could bring end to QE

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With the UK’s current interest rate at 25bp, brought in amid uncertainty in December, the market is already pricing in a further raise as soon as February, which could formally bring about an end to the UK’s quantitative easing programme while making the Bank of England ‘credible’ again from a communications perspective.

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