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Economic anarchy in the UK

Planet Money

The Bank of England and the UK Government Debt Crisis

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The Bank of England doesn't have the power to directly intervene in the bond market, but there is one institution that does. The central bank wants interest rates to go up, but not like this. Not with rates rising so quickly, they threaten to take out all the pension funds,. In the worst case scenario could destabilize and maybe even topple the entire banking system.

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