Are 消極的な 利益／興味 率s off the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する and could things be better than we think? This is Money podcast

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利益／興味 率s may have been 削除するd to the bone in the wake of the coronavirus 危機 but the 脅し of a dive into 消極的な 率s has remained.

This week, however, the Bank of England 選ぶd to stick at 0.1 per cent and 昇格d its 見解（をとる） on the economy for this year, 説 GDP will only 落ちる by a worst-in-a-century 9.5 per cent rather than a worst in 300-半端物 years 14.4 per cent.

It also hinted that 消極的な 率s could do more 害（を与える） than good, so does that mean a base 率 below 無 is off the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for the UK?

On this week’s podcast, Simon Lambert and Georgie 霜 discuss 消極的な 率s: what’s the point, do they have any 肯定的なs and beyond costing savers’ 利益／興味 how would they 証明する harmful?

They also talk gold and why the price of the precious metal has 急に上がるd 35 per cent this year, to rise above the $2,000 示す and whether it can keep going.

For goldbugs it is a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 蓄える／店 of value, a 安全な 港／避難所 and a hedge against インフレーション, but will 恐れるs of bumper インフレーション at the end of the １０年間 証明する unfounded - and is part of the gold price 感情-driven in the same way Tesla 株 are?

Buying gold and taking 率s 消極的な are seen as glass-half-empty 対策, but are things brighter than we think?

The 住宅 market is doing better than 推定する／予想するd, car sales have 地位，任命するd a surprise 11 per cent 年次の rise and Britain went mad for eating out at the start of the week, thanks to Rishi Sunak’s 割引 取引，協定s. Are these 指示する人（物）s of a V-形態／調整d 回復?

The 職業 losses that continue to pile up will 重さを計る on that and the team have tips on what to do if you are made redundant or it is a 脅し.

And finally, if you do fancy splashing out and have your 注目する，もくろむ on a new car, you might think it is time go electric. Simon runs through What Car?’s new special awards for the best electric cars in every 部類.

利益／興味 率s: 転換s in UK 利益／興味 率s over the years by the Bank of England