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  "id": 8047323,
  "title": "Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% but warns war could force future rises",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/bank-of-england-holds-interest-rates-at-3-75-but-warns-war-could",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:04:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/17/bank-of-england-holds-interest-rates-inflation"
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  "summary": "Central bank announces surprise plan to sell billions of pounds in government bonds back to the Treasury Burnham’s talk of ‘breathing space’ at odds with reality of future rate rises Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold as it warned a continuation of the bitter fighting in the Middle East could force it to raise borrowing costs amid mounting fears…",
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        "published": "2026-09-17T15:45:42.000Z"
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        "title": "Bank of England floats a November rate hike if energy prices don’t come down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/bank-of-england-floats-a-november-rate-hike-if-energy-prices-dont",
        "published": "2026-09-17T17:00:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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