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BOE Takes Lead in Interest Rate Hikes, But Trails Behind in Completion

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The Bank of England was the first major central bank to start raising interest rates. Money markets are betting it may be the last to stop.

Strong labor-market figures on Tuesday sparked big moves in bond markets, with two-year gilt yields jumping to the highest since 2008. They surged 26 basis points, the most since Liz Truss’s short-lived premiership.

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