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Interest rates need to rise in the UK

May 27, 2010 by Reno  
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It has been claimed by an organisation that the base in the UK needs to be increased in order to keep inflation under control, with the group claiming that it is necessary to increase the rate this year and increase it further over the course of next year.

The claim was made by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which has stated that the base rate needs to be increased this year and by the end of next year needs to be at around 3.5 percent in order to keep a lid on inflation, which has already been soaring past the government target of 2 percent.

The base interest rate has been at its lowest level in the history of the Bank of England for well over a year now, standing at just 0.5 percent. However, inflation has been soaring and some officials now believe that in order to bring inflation down the base rate will need to be increased.

If the base rate does go up the cost of borrowing could also rise, which means that consumers may have to pay more interest on loans and mortgages. The OECD has said that whilst the government made the right move by reducing the base rate to this rock bottom level during the recession it was now time to consider increasing it.

A report from the OECD stated: ‘The gradual drift up of some measures of inflation expectations implies a need to increase interest rates earlier than previously thought and no later than the last quarter of 2010. The projected increase of core inflation to the Bank of England target warrants an increase of the policy rate to 3.5% by end-2011.’

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