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Ricochet
The worrying part to me here is that before the crash of '09, rates were at five percent and then lowered to .5% fairly quickly. Since then, they have been barely raised, meaning there is really almost nowhere to go in terms of cutting interest rates. As BoE base rates go, cash is already pretty readily available. For a comparison, here is a graph of the base rates since 1900: