UK interest rates expected to rise
A strengthening recovery in the UK manufacturing sector and a surge in retail sales today reinforced the case for higher interest rates when the Bank of England meets lat...
|
|
Specialist hospital 'has worst bypass death rates
The NHS trust that took over a specialist heart hospital from the private sector has a death rate for heart bypass operations that is 2.75 times the national average, acc...
|
|
We like low-rate loans
Despite fears over crippling levels of consumer debt, there are no signs of a let-up in the personal loan rate war.
There are currently two "best buy" loans with an all...
|
|
We like discounted variable rates
We recommend discounted variable rates: 3.29%. With the price of fixed rates rising, now is a good time to look at discounted variable rates.
There is now a difference ...
|
|
Fed holds firm by fixing rates for six weeks
The United States Federal Reserve last night reaffirmed its determination to underpin recovery in the world's largest economy with rock-bottom interest rates when it left...
|
|
Home buyers ignore rate rise fears
The prospect of a rise in interest rates has failed to dampen demand in the housing market, with prices continuing their upward surge, according to figures out today.
T...
|
|
Retail surge makes rate rise likely
Steady economic growth in the third quarter and a bounce in retail sales last month today reinforced expectations of a rise in interest rates next month.
For the three m...
|
|
Resist interest rate rise pressure, CBI urges Bank
The CBI last night urged the Bank of England to resist pressure for an early rise in interest rates when it warned that a premature tightening of monetary policy risked c...
|
|
BCC calls on Bank to hold off on rate rises
Britain's long-suffering manufacturing sector is "stuck in the slow lane", as services firms accelerate towards recovery, the British Chambers of Commerce warned yesterda...
|
|
Violent offences rise by 12% but overall crime rate falls
Violent crime, excluding robberies and sex offences, has risen by 12% in the past year, according to new crime figures to be published today.
Toby Harris, chairman of t...
|
|