BUSINESS LIVE: BoE to hike base rate; Lloyd’s of London swings to loss

Economy
By Liam

BUSINESS LIVE: BoE Expected to Raise Base Rate to 4.25%; Lloyd’s of London loses; Investment banks Cenkos and finnCap are going to merge

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Today at noon, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will publish its interest rate decision. Markets currently expect the base rate to be raised by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent.

The FTSE 100 opens at 8am. Companies with reports and trade updates today include Lloyd’s of London, Cenkos, finnCap, Wickes, Playtech, Crest Nicholson and C&C Group. Read the Business Live blog of Thursday 23 March below.

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