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Financial Counterparty.
The official reference interest rate for the UK determined by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).


The Official Bank Rate is the rate used for certain key transactions between the Bank of England ('the Bank') and financial institutions.
It is designed to have the effect of determining the level of near risk-free interest rates throughout the UK financial sector.
It is used by many financial institutions when setting interest rates for certain of their products.


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Foreign currency, especially in relation to foreign exchange risk or foreign currency derivatives.
The Official Bank Rate is often known - externally to the Bank - as the 'Bank of England Base Rate' (BBR).


Within the Bank of England, it is often abbreviated to 'the Bank Rate'.


3.


Financial crisis, especially the global financial crisis (GFC) which started in 2007/08.
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Similar interest rates in other jurisdictions.


==See also==
* [[Commercial paper]]  (CP)
* [[Counterparty]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[EMIR]]
* [[Foreign exchange risk]]
* [[Global Financial Crisis]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
== See also ==
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
* [[Bank of England]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
* [[Bank Rate]]
* [[Base rate]]
* [[Monetary Policy Committee]]
* [[MLR]]
* [[Reference rate]]
* [[Term Funding Scheme]]

Revision as of 14:13, 23 March 2020

1. UK.

The official reference interest rate for the UK determined by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

The Official Bank Rate is the rate used for certain key transactions between the Bank of England ('the Bank') and financial institutions.

It is designed to have the effect of determining the level of near risk-free interest rates throughout the UK financial sector.


It is used by many financial institutions when setting interest rates for certain of their products.


The Official Bank Rate is often known - externally to the Bank - as the 'Bank of England Base Rate' (BBR).

Within the Bank of England, it is often abbreviated to 'the Bank Rate'.


2.

Similar interest rates in other jurisdictions.


See also