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UK Starts to Feel the Pinch From Biggest Rate Rises in 33 Years

  • Bank of England is set to step up pace of historic tightening
  • Households, small businesses suffer as government debt spirals
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Britain’s economy is shuddering to a halt under the weight of the biggest increases in borrowing costs in more than three decades, with concern mounting that rates are headed higher still.