# Investors trim bets for peak Bank of England rate
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-11-04
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: BoE Rate Hike: Investors Reassess Peak Expectations Amidst
Meta Description: Investors adjust after Bank of England suggests lower future interest rate hikes, impacting bond markets. Analysts differ on peak rate expectations.
URL: https://financedigest.com/investors-trim-bets-for-peak-bank-of-england-ratehtml

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LONDON (Reuters) – Investors trimmed their bets on the peak for British interest rates on Thursday after the Bank of England told them their expectations were too high, as it raised borrowing costs by their most since 1989.

The BoE increased Bank Rate to 3% from 2.25% even as it said Britain’s economy might not grow for another two years, a slump longer than during the 2008-09 financial crisis.

Short-dated gilts outperformed against similar debt in other major government bond markets as investors adjusted to BoE Governor Andrew Bailey’s warning that rates would go up by “less than currently priced in financial markets”.

But the overnight index swaps market now shows a peak of around 4.7% in September this year, down a touch from almost 4.75% before the BoE’s [interest rate](https://www.financedigest.com/hotel-investors-should-they-be-worried-about-a-potential-economic-pause-delving-into-inflation-interest-rates-recession-etc.html "‘Hotel Investors – should they be worried about a potential economic pause?’ delving into inflation, interest rates, recession etc") decision

We think the BoE expects the peak in [Bank Rate](https://www.financedigest.com/central-banks-keep-hiking-rates-amid-banking-turmoil.html "Central banks keep hiking rates amid banking turmoil") to be some way below the 4.75% implied by market pricing yesterday,” said Andrew Goodwin, chief UK economist at consultancy Capital Economics.

The market pointed to a roughly 95% chance of a further 50 basis-point interest [rate hike](https://www.financedigest.com/ecbs-villeroy-rate-hike-signals-strong-confidence-in-european-banks.html "ECB’s Villeroy: rate hike signals strong confidence in European banks") at the BoE’s next policy announcement on Dec. 15, with a 5% chance of a smaller 25 bps increase.

Long-dated gilt [yields rose sharply and by a similar extent to yields for German](https://www.financedigest.com/german-yields-steady-spreads-tighten-after-recent-repricing.html "German yields steady, spreads tighten after recent repricing"), French and U.S. bonds.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce; editing by David Milliken)


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