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Chances of rate hike seen as diminished after soft growth figures
Thursday 03 May 2018 Author: Tom Sieber

Weak first quarter GDP number is seen as reducing the prospects of an interest rate hike when the Bank of England meets on 10 May.

Earlier in the year there had been hints that the Bank’s chief Mark Carney and his colleagues might increase rates for the second time in more than a decade.

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