Interest Rates

Base Rate Changes
Date		Rate
1992	May 5th	10.00%
	Sep 16th	12.00%*
	Sep 17th	10.00%
	Sep 22nd	9.00%
	Oct 16th	8.00%
	Nov 12th	7.00%
1993	Jan 26th	6.00%
	Nov 23rd	5.50%
1994	Feb 8th	5.25%
	Sep 12th	5.75%
	Dec 7th	6.25%
1995	Feb 2nd	6.75%
	Dec 13th	6.50%
1996	Jan 18th	6.25%
	Mar 8th	6.00%
	Jun 6th	5.75%
	Oct 30th	6.00%
1997	May 6th	6.25%
	Jun 6th	6.50%
	Jly 11th	6.75%
	Aug 7th	7.00%

* A further rise of 3% was later rescinded that day.