Manufacturing woe raises rate pressure
Pressure was mounting on the Bank of England to make a cut in interest rates last night after the worst performance from manufacturing in two years and evidence of slacke...
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Companies call for rate cut to push UK growth
Britain's hard-pressed companies last night called for action, not words, from the Bank of England to stimulate the economy after a slump in factory output and sluggish c...
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Reform and cut rates, 'flagging' Europe warned
The OECD warned Europe's leaders yesterday that failure to embark on root-and-branch reform of the continent's chronically under-performing economy would put the credibil...
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New interest rates rise 'unlikely
The Bank of England will probably not have to raise interest rates because of weaker growth prospects, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said toda...
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Lone voice calls for rate rise at Bank
Further signs that interest rates may have peaked came yesterday with news of slower growth in average earnings and a rise in the claimant count.
In addition, minutes f...
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Bank minutes show poor sales holding rates steady
Only one Bank of England policymaker voted to raise interest rates earlier this month, it emerged today, as the majority remained preoccupied with a slowdown in consumer ...
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Students line up to rate their universities
Six out of 10 final-year students have taken part in the biggest ever survey of student opinion, disclosing in detail how they rate their academic experience at universit...
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Breast cancer survival rates improving
Breast cancer treatments designed to prevent a return of the disease after surgery have had a dramatic impact on the long-term survival of women, scientists report today....
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Welsh colleges urged to address staff absence rates
High levels of absence among further education lecturers in Wales are disrupting students' learning and costing ?9m in year in lost time and replacement staff, a new repo...
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Why do suicide rates peak in the spring?
Psychiatrists have been scratching their chins over this one for years. Counterintuitively, the arrival of spring and the long sunny days it ushers in, mark a staggering ...
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