Dow climbs 11% as weak GDP keeps door open for rate cut
Wall Street was last night heading for its biggest one-month gain in almost 16 years as a clutch of poor economic data kept the prospect of further interest rate cuts ali...
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European bank under pressure to cut rates
The European Central Bank today came under renewed pressure to cut interest rates as German business confidence fell to a nine month low in October.
According to a key s...
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Hopes fade for lower rates
Expectations of an imminent cut in interest rates receded yesterday after official figures showed the economy put on a growth spurt between July and September.
A health...
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Abbey National cuts savings rates
Abbey National yesterday chopped 0.25% off its range of savings rates in the latest blow for hard-pressed savers.
The Easy and postal Isas for savers investing £3,...
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Growth figures hit rate cut hopes
Pressure on the Bank of England to lower interest rates today eased as Britain's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the third quarter.
Gross dome...
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Doves raise rate cut hopes
Industry and City hopes of a confidence boosting reduction in interest rates soared yesterday when the Bank of England revealed that three members of its policymaking com...
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Rate cut rumours bring down banks
The London market fell perilously close to the all-important 4,000 level, dragged down by disappointing results from GlaxoSmithKline and a drubbing for financial stocks....
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MPC divided over interest rate policy
News of a split within the Bank of England's interest rate-setting committee emerged today after Bank minutes revealed that three members voted in favour of cutting rates...
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Parents have more effect on pass rates than schools, study finds
Middle-class parents who send their children to independent schools in the hope they will pass more exams may be wasting their money, according to research published yest...
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Sir Eddie hints at rate cut
Sir Eddie George, governor of the Bank of England, dropped a broad hint last night that interest rates could be cut in coming months to prevent the turmoil in financial m...
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