From moron premium to plonker premium: UK borrowing costs soar. Global inflation and interest rates are on the up

About this episode

The episode discusses the rising borrowing costs in the UK amidst global inflation and increasing interest rates, drawing parallels to the dot.com era.

It's all beginning to feel a bit dot.commy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Power, Chris Johns

Topics covered

• UK borrowing costs
• global inflation
• interest rates
• economic trends
• financial markets

Keywords

• borrowing costs
• UK
• inflation
• interest rates
• economic trends
• dot.com
• financial markets

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Organizations: Acast

Places: UK

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