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Rate shock

Article Abstract:

United Kingdom base rates could be increased to 8.5% by mid-1998, according to Charterhouse's Richard Jeffrey. Wage inflation could increase due to skill shortages and low unemployment. The level of unemployment at which inflation becomes a problem may have fallen, but it cannot drop indefinitely. Consumption is likely to grow due to increases in confidence and real incomes. There is greater danger from inflation than from a slowdown in the economy, and rising inflation could hit both equities and government securities.

Inflation (Finance), Inflation (Economics)

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The interest rate red herring

Article Abstract:

British interest rate trends are examined, and are seen as likely to rise. A rise may not affect stocks adversely, since a prompt rise may mean that rates are less likely to be raised later.

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False hopes for a rate peak

Article Abstract:

British interest rates may have reached a peak, but this does not necessarily mean that stock prices will perform well.

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