The rate setters made clear that above-inflation pay claims would be likely to bring credit loosening to a halt

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A reduction in interest rates by the Bank of England should rank as a joyful summer gift to borrowers weighed down by the high cost of mortgages and loans.

Yet the latest quarter-point cut to the cost of borrowing, from 4.25% to 4%, is laced with so many warnings that any celebration will be muted.

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Source: Guardian - World News