FTSE slips as US rates decision looms
The market slipped today after an initial rise in morning trading as investors anticipated tonight's interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve. The FTSE 100 index ...
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Rate rise knocks back leading shares
It came out of the blue, and shares ended the day lower, but investors did not seem completely shell-shocked by the Bank of England's decision today to raise interest rat...
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House price rise adds to pressure on Bank to increase rates
Rising house prices and slower industrial growth provided a fresh dilemma for the seven current members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee as they began a...
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House prices rising at fastest rate for two years, says survey
House price inflation was at its fastest pace in almost two years in July, according to a survey out today, but a drop in new buyers points to a slower property market ah...
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Bosses beg: Leave rates on hold
Business leaders warned the Bank of England this weekend against responding to rocketing energy bills with a snap rise in interest rates on Thursday.
With inflation well...
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Low fertility rate 'will alter ethnic composition
The Australian treasurer, Peter Costello, renewed his call for women to have more babies, calling it vital to the country's long-term health and prosperity. While launchi...
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Rising rates threaten to derail growth
Even before Israel and Lebanon started lobbing rocket grenades at each other, the stock market was not short of reasons to be nervous: earnings, inflation, interest rates...
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UK growth sparks rate rise speculation
Expectations of an interest rate rise strengthened today as Britain's economy grew at its fastest rate in two years from April to June.
Gross domestic product rose by 0....
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Markets rally as Bernanke hints he could halt US rate rises
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, yesterday dropped a broad hint that interest rates had reached their peak when he predicted that core inflation woul...
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Fed's hint over interest rates spurs FTSE 100
London's leading shares closed deep in positive territory yesterday, spurred higher by a buoyant Wall Street, following positive comments from Federal Reserve chairman Be...
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