Banker Bashing Keeps Lenders Shy on Profits

UK banks are being abundantly cautious about the year ahead, but it isn’t fear of bad loans tempering spirits — it’s interest rates. This is puzzling because interest has been the wind in their sails recently. The Bank of England has lifted its official rate to 4% now from less than 1% a year ago,…

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