Investors Raise BOE Rate-rise Bets as Oil Prices Soar
Dow Jones
Jul 23
0806 GMT - Markets increase their expectations of the Bank of England increasing interest rates in 2026 due to rising oil prices and inflation fears. Intensifying conflict in the Middle East has led investors to price in the possibility of high inflation and potential central bank rate hikes to tackle inflation. Investors fully price in one quarter-point BOE rate increase in November and a 93% possibility of a second rate rise in December, LSEG data show. Traders were pricing in a total of 38 basis points of BOE rate rises in 2026, last week. (miriam.mukuru@wsj.com)
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 23, 2026 04:06 ET (08:06 GMT)
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