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1. ''Economics''.
1. ''UK.''


Abbreviation for macroeconomics, or macroeconomic.
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.


2.
It is designed to have the effect of determining the level of near risk-free interest rates throughout the UK financial sector.


Relating to factors or entities on a larger scale, and usually outside the immediate control of the entity affected.


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


3. ''Risk management - portfolio hedging''.


Hedging that takes account of natural offsets within a portfolio.
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'.


4. ''Information technology - cybersecurity - malware''.


Abbreviation for macro-instruction, or macro-definition.
2. ''International.''


One form of macro is an automated sequence of instructions, that replaces a repetitive series of manual keyboard strokes.
Similar interest rates in other jurisdictions.


Macros are often part of cyberattacks.


== See also ==
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Bank Rate]]
* [[Base rate]]
* [[Inflation target]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
* [[Monetary Policy Committee]]  (MPC)
* [[MLR]]
* [[Reference rate]]
* [[Term Funding Scheme]]


== See also ==
 
*[[Cyberattack]]
==External link==
*[[Cybersecurity]]
*[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/the-interest-rate-bank-rate The Bank Rate - Bank of England]
*[[Economics]]
*[[Hedging]]
*[[Information technology]]
*[[Macro hedging]]
*[[Macroeconomics]]
*[[Macroprudential]]
*[[Malware]]
*[[Microeconomics]]
*[[Risk management]]


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Latest revision as of 00:26, 27 January 2022

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. International.

Similar interest rates in other jurisdictions.


See also


External link