Treasury Management 2025-26 Mid Year Report
Kingston Council is considering interest rate forecasts impacting its 2025-26 treasury management.
Kingston Council's Audit, Governance and Standards Committee discussed the Treasury Management 2025-26 Mid Year Report in November 2025. The report, detailing the council's treasury management activities for the first six months of the 2025-26 financial year, included a forecast from treasury advisors MUFG. MUFG anticipated a decrease in interest rates over the next one to two years, based on their August 2025 update.
MUFG's forecast, presented within the report, also highlighted potential upside risks concerning the stickiness of inflation, a continuing tight labour market, and the size of gilt issuance. The report specifically covered the council's debt and cash management activities during the period.
Key facts
- Kingston Council's treasury advisors, MUFG, anticipate decreasing interest rates over the next one to two years. Source
- MUFG's interest rate forecast was updated in August 2025. Source
- The Treasury Management 2025-26 Mid Year Report was discussed on 13 November 2025. Source
- The report details Kingston Council's treasury management activities for the first six months of 2025-26. Source
- MUFG noted upside risks from inflation stickiness, tight labour market, and gilt issuance. Source
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