What Carney's guidance means for interest rate hedging

Natasha Browne asks what the latest inflation report means for pension schemes

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Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney reiterated that the 0.5% bank rate was unlikely to increase anytime soon in the latest inflation report last week.

Introducing forecasts of 18 more economic indicators to help determine the direction of monetary policy, Carney said any future rate rises would be "gradual and limited". Hymans Robertson partn...

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