The UK’s ‘credit impulse’ just went sharply negative, and that explains why the Bank of England did not raise interest rates today

Pantheon Macroeconomics The amount of new credit issued in the UK suddenly went sharply negative in Q1, Consumers also abruptly increased their repayments of loans. Together, the two spikes — one down, one upward — send a worrying signal that British consumers are afraid of what’s ahead. That helps explain why the Bank of England […]