http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7130443.stm

But will it affect the interbank rate? The property agents still seem to be advising ridiculous prices for people selling.

Quote from: SeriousBut will it affect the interbank rate?

In the words of Mr T - "quit your jibber jabber fool"

of course it affects it - it already has done

pope, woods, bears, catholic etc...

 
Ah... that warm, happy feeling... just before Christmas.   The Labour Party are so good to us.  What fools the British public are.
 

Labour dont set interest rates.

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Quote from: SeriousBut will it affect the interbank rate?

In the words of Mr T - "quit your jibber jabber fool"

of course it affects it - it already has done

pope, woods, bears, catholic etc...

Not all of them have as yet, nor have they all followed the governments lead on this recently.

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Quote from: SeriousBut will it affect the interbank rate?

In the words of Mr T - "quit your jibber jabber fool"

of course it affects it - it already has done

pope, woods, bears, catholic etc...

Not all of them have as yet, nor have they all followed the governments lead on this recently.

youre very confused serious

Yeah, but I watched the news. The interbank rate still hasnt moved down because its an international thing rather than affected purely by the Bank of England. However most of the British banks havent cut their mortgage rates as yet. Only Halifax and Nationwide did so immediately.

serious - major economic figures such as interest rates will tend to have an effect on money markets, in this instance the LIBOR rate hasnt moved much - at the time of the announcement youd have seen a move in various money market, fixed income, FX, equity products etc.. - the degree by which these instruments moved is affected by various factors

In this instance there are still fears over credit and, as long as the base rate holds and there arent any more shocks from the sub prime crisis then youll probably see a decrease in LIBOR - certainly more likely after the banks have posted their end of year figures

Also It is not a government decision nor anything to do with banks following the governments lead it is an MPC decision