Shell's chief executive earned £9.7m last year, a 53% pay rise, as the company reported record profits due to elevated global energy prices.
It’s now seen as a 50-50 call on whether the Monetary Policy Committee lifts rates on Thursday
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The building society said it regularly reviews its mortgage rates.
City analysts have tipped Bank governor Andrew Bailey to prioritise fighting inflation ahead of banking sector stability.
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Andrew Bailey has signalled there could be further pain to come for households as the Bank of England raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
"We have a big sell off somewhere in our near future," the CEO of Man Group said, adding that stocks have yet to bottom out.
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Aligning capital gains taxes with income levies would make Britain an outlier on the world stage and take rates to their highest in decades, experts have warned.
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The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent today
Andrew Bailey and Jeremy Hunt faced an unwelcome surprise on Wednesday morning.
The Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates for the ninth time in a row despite turmoil in the country's banking system.
The Bank of England today hiked interest rates to 4.25% as it continues efforts to bring inflation back under control. The expected quarter point increase matches last night’s move by the Federal Reserve after it lifted US rates to 4.75%-5%. Investec economist Elllie Henderson noted that the rate hikes may not be finished.
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