Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at 4% is not all doom and gloom

Close-run vote raises hopes of rates cut in December, with inflation now having peaked at 3.8%Business live – latest updatesThere were reasons to be cheerful contained within the Bank of England’s latest verdict on the outlook for the UK economy, released alongside its decision to leave interest rates unchanged at 4%.Inflation, it said, has now peaked at 3.8%, and is expected to fall steadily back to the Bank’s 2% target sometime in 2027. That’s an improvement on its thinking in August (the last time it published forecasts), when inflation was expected to peak at 4%. Continue reading...