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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the base rate at 3.75% for the fourth straight meeting, voting 7-2 to hold while energy-price shocks and volatile oil prices keep inflation risks alive; inflation expectations for year-end have eased but remain above the 2% target, and future policy will hinge on how energy costs feed through to prices and wages.
TransPerfect unites MPC and The Mill into a single global creative studio operating as The Mill, combining MPC’s film/series VFX prowess with The Mill’s brand and content production, enhanced by AI-enabled workflows and a global infrastructure; the Paris MPC facility will join TransPerfect Media later this year, and a new www.themill.com site accompanies Cannes Lions sponsorship.
The Verge interviews Roger Linn, the inventor behind the MPC, LM-1, and LinnDrum, who credits decades of innovation to keeping things simple and focused—often with just one browser tab open. He recounts how MPC and LinnDrum shaped 1980s music, how LinnStrument pushed MIDI polyphonic expression years before the standard, and shares his go-to tools (MacBook Pro, Rhino3D) and hobbies like VR mini golf and Vision Pro.
The Bank of England is expected to keep the Bank rate at 3.75% at its first meeting of the year, with inflation still above target and little new data to push for an imminent cut; policymakers signal a gradual path of rate reductions later, while fixed-rate mortgage holders face little immediate impact and savers have seen rates fall.