On the day that the Bank of England announced a rise, from 1.25% to 1.75% in the interest rate, the highest increase in 27 years, Londoners walk past Bank Underground station andthe Bank of England, on 4th August 2022, in the City of London, England. This increase is widely seen as a slide towards inflation with a shrinking of the UK economy - the start of its fall into recession in the third financial quarter of 2022.