Odds against a British rate rise
In June Britain clocked up a record import bill, according to yesterday's official figures. Good news or bad? Using the Macawber approach to economics the news is undoubt...
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Welcome debate on top tax rate
William Hague's suggestion that the top-rate tax threshold could be raised (40p tax not sacrosanct, August 16) should be an opportunity for a proper debate on taxation. O...
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Three-way split on rates
The outlook for British interest rates was shrouded in uncertainty yesterday by news that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee was deeply split when it met to ...
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US rate watchers mind the Gap
Forget producer prices and the welter of data about the unemployed - the best sign that the US stock market is heading for a downturn could be that Americans are not buyi...
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MPC split on interest rate rise
The Bank of England yesterday fuelled City expectations that the next move in interest rates will be up by warning it was in a heightened state of alert for a rise in inf...
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Interest-rate fears prompt sharp shares sell-off
Fears of interest rate rises on both sides of the Atlantic prompted a sharp sell-off on the London stock market yesterday, wiping £30bn off the value of leading Brit...
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Benefits staff get up to 12 times rate for millennium work
Civil servants working for the government's benefits agency stand to earn 12 times the normal rate if they volunteer to work on new year's eve, according to a survey of m...
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US jobs growth prompts fears of rate rise
Expectations of a rise in American interest rates this month increased sharply yesterday after figures showing the economy still powering ahead.
Employers in the United...
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Interest rates on hold as manufacturing output falls
Fears of an early rise in interest rates receded yesterday as the Bank of England left borrowing costs on hold at 5%, and official figures showing a surprise drop in manu...
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Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged
The Bank of England has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.0% for the second month in a row, as growth gathers pace and inflation heads downwards.
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