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Bank of England urged to slow bond-selling plan to help cut record UK borrowing costs

Andrew Wishart, senior UK economist at Berenberg, says there is “no chance” of a change in interest rates today, so the focus will instead be on the pace of quantitative tightening (QT).

Wishart adds:

We expect the BoE to slow the pace of balance sheet reduction from £100bn to £60bn per annum (consensus £72bn). That..

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source: The Guardian - 18.09.2025