Rate hope as competition stymies service sector firms
Stiff competition is preventing service sector firms from raising prices, a survey shows today, raising hopes that the Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold wh...
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Banks and societies raise rates
Several more banks and building societies have digested the last base rate hike on February 10 and begun to adjust interest rates on their savings accounts.
Halifax has...
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LA's deportees send crime rate soaring in El Salvador
Baggy jeans bought with stolen necklaces. An attitude, a tattoo and a supply of crack cocaine. Malvin Antario looks like a gang leader from Los Angeles. But his home in S...
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Bank chief drops hint of loan rates standstill
The Bank of England hinted yesterday that it might give homeowners and business a respite from dearer borrowing costs, despite new figures showing that domestic demand is...
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LA's deportees send murder rate soaring in El Salvador
Baggy jeans bought with stolen necklaces. An attitude, a tattoo and a supply of crack cocaine. Malvin Antario looks like a gang leader from Los Angeles.
But home in Soy...
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Net threat to interest rates
Failure by the Bank of England fully to take on board the revolutionary impact of the internet raises the risk of interest rates being set too high to control inflation, ...
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Earnings rise fuels fear of rate increase
Record City bonuses powered a sharp acceleration in earnings in the latest quarter, prompting fresh jitters about higher interest rates.
Official figures published yest...
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Employment expert to rule on interest rates
Gordon Brown's desire to keep Britain's jobless rate on a downward trend was highlighted yesterday when he chose one of the country's leading labour market experts to joi...
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Labour tax plans will push up loan rates, warns Clarke
The government last night fought off all-party criticism of Gordon Brown's tax policies which his Conservative predecessor, Kenneth Clarke, warned would help to push up b...
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Rates relief for industry
Manufacturers and homeowners sighed with relief yesterday as the Bank of England's interest rate-setting committee voted to leave borrowing costs on hold, adding weight t...
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