BusinessCar hits 200 issues
Date:
25 August 2014
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Opinion - UK base interest rates at 4.75% in September 2006
In BusinessCar's second opinion piece for the debut issue, it's funny looking back at how businesses were calling a possible move to a 5% interest rate unacceptable considering they have now been at 0.5% since 5 March 2009. Rupert Saunders wrote: "A further rise in rates is likely to depress the market still further - good news for fleet managers looking to drive a hard bargain on replacement cars this quarter but not for the retail motor industry as a whole." The Bank of England has ruled out an increase in interest rates for 2014 due to a lack of wage growth in the UK economy.
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