The UK’s economic outlook has ‘deteriorated materially’, leaving households with a ‘very uncertain’ future, the Bank of England has warned.
Banks have been told to double their buffers against a feared recession in the coming months
The double whammy of rising costs and rates mean will ‘likely lead to some business failures’, it added. The Bank’s governor, Andrew Bailey, said the UK banking system ‘remains strong’ despite the weaker outlook but will be stress-tested later this year. The testing was due to take place in March but was postponed to September so economists could see how the conflict between Ukraine and Russia would play out and affect global markets.supports HTML5 videoDanni Hewson, a financial analyst at investment platform AJ Bell, told MailOnline: ‘There’s a long, cold winter waiting in the wings.
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