Was the Bank of England 権利 to raise 利益／興味 率s - and will it even 削減する インフレーション? This is Money podcast

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They finally did it! The Bank of England's 通貨の 政策 委員会 raised the base 率 from its 緊急 0.1% level to 0.25%.?

That （機の）カム the day after インフレーション ロケット／急騰するd to 5.1 per cent - and is 予測（する） to keep rising - and in the week that the International 通貨の 基金 警告するd the Bank of England against 'inaction bias'.

Markets were 元気づけるd by the 率 rise and 経済学者s were 概して welcoming too, yet the general 合意 is that it will make little difference to the インフレーション Britain is 苦しむing.

So, why raise 利益／興味 率s and was this the 権利 move as the nation 星／主役にするs 負かす／撃墜する the バーレル／樽 of yet more (潜在的に overcooked) Covid disruption?

On this week’s podcast, Georgie 霜, Tanya Jefferies and Simon Lambert delve into the 率 rise, ask whether it was the 権利 move but maybe for the wrong 推論する／理由, and look at why インフレーション is 急に上がるing and when it may abate.

The team also discuss how this will 影響する／感情 ordinary people and whether it will 追加する to the cost of living squeeze hitting everywhere from the 石油 pump, to your heating and the supermarket aisles.

Tanya gives an update on 延期するd 明言する／公表する 年金 事例／患者s and her 調査s into this and whether the 世代 in their late 40s will have to wait longer to retire.

And finally, it’s nearly Christmas and frantic 現在の buying is the order of the day, but if you were going to give a 財政上の gift to a child would you give 賞与金 社債s, 株 or bitcoin?