The UK government can borrow at record low rates, but don’t expect it to do so

The UK ten year gilt rate – the benchmark for the cost of government borrowing – reached a record low today of less than 0.5%. This is how the FT has plotted the rate: The last time the rate got this low was after the EU referendum: now it’s back in the same doldrums as […]

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