Financial indices
| Historical data | ||||
| Month | Bank base rate |
FTSE 100 | Consumer price index |
MSCI |
| January 2008 | 5.50% | 5879 | 2.20% | 369.935 |
| February 2008 | 5.25% | 5884 | 2.50% | 370.411 |
| March 2008 | 5.25% | 5702 | 2.50% | 363.985 |
| April 2008 | 5.00% | 6087 | 3.00% | 383.300 |
| May 2008 | 5.00% | 6053 | 3.30% | 385.479 |
| June 2008 | 5.00% | 5625 | 3.80% | 355.398 |
| July 2008 | 5.00% | 5411 | 4.40% | 345.746 |
| August 2008 | 5.00% | 5636 | 4.70% | 337.612 |
| September 2008 | 5.00% | 4902 | 5.20% | 294.790 |
| October 2008 | 4.50% | 4377 | 4.50% | 236.111 |
| November 2008 | 3.00% | 4288 | 4.30% | 220.050 |
| December 2008 | 2.00% | 4434 | 3.10% | 227.683 |
| January 2009 | 1.00% | 4190 | 3.00% | 208.023 |
| February 2009 | 1.00% | 3830 | 3.20% | 187.168 |
| March 2009 | 0.50% | 3926 | 2.90% | 202.036 |
| April 2009 | 0.50% | 4243 | 2.30% | 225.241 |
| May 2009 | 0.50% | 4417 | 2.20% | 246.694 |
| June 2009 | 0.50% | 4249 | 1.80% | 244.905 |
| July 2009 | 0.50% | 4608 | 1.80% | 266.142 |
| August 2009 | 0.50% | 5636 | NA | 275.096 |
| September 2009 | 0.50% | 5133 | NA | 287.232 |
| October 2009 | 0.50% | 5044 | 1.10% | 282.588 |
| November 2009 | 0.50% | 5190 | NA | 293.667 |
| December 2009 | 0.50% | 5412 | NA | 299.435 |