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  • BoE 1 August rate cut "finely balanced", Canada Life Asset Management says

    31 July 2024

    Steve Matthews says first rate cut not far off, but expects bank's MPC to hold rates this time

  • High UK services inflation casts doubt on maintaining headline 2% target, RLAM says

    20 June 2024

    As BoE refuses to budge on interest rates

  • Don't expect further ECB rate cuts soon, RLAM says

    07 June 2024

    As the central bank cuts rates for first time in five years

  • Insurers divided on scale of inflation challenge and interest rate trajectory

    23 May 2024

    RLAM predicts era of "spiky" inflation, as disappointing UK CPI figures come in

  • RLAM warns BoE rates cut not guaranteed, after April CPI figures higher than expected

    17 April 2024

    Manager still assuming first cut will come in the second half of 2024

  • EU Solvency II reforms and a return to low rates could make a sour mix for insurers' solvency ratios, Moody's says

    22 March 2024

    Ratings agency says reforms more reflective of insurers' risks

  • RLAM unmoved by positive UK inflation news

    14 February 2024

    Affiliate's senior economist, Melanie Baker, still not expecting BoE rate cuts until second half of 2024

  • Inflation and high rates not going away soon, RLAM says

    01 February 2024

    Senior economist and head of multi asset at affiliate say central banks unlikely to drop their guard on inflation quickly, as BoE votes to keep rate at 5.25%

  • RLAM expects BoE hike before end of year

    20 October 2023

    Affiliate also still foresees a modest UK recession

  • Are we there yet?

    21 August 2023

    Central bank base rates continue to climb to decades-long highs over the summer, leaving market participants in a blur as to how far away the peak is