Six interest rate rises in a row? Blame greedy City bankers

Higher mortgage costs will hit homeowners and tenants, investment and consumer spending. In a recession. I hope they're proud of their acquisitive selves

City bankers are ruining your life again. They just can't help it. Rescued from collapse in 2008 and force fed a healthy financial diet ever since, the industry is now in fine fettle. And with a deluded display of arrogance only they can muster, bankers have come to see themselves as a force for good, especially in these troubled times.

Their sizable reserves are largely intact and the hazardous operations that caused so much trouble more than a decade ago are overseen by tough regulators.