Room to move as UK economy weathers storm
The Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates on hold for the 11th month in a row - despite the cut to American borrowing rates last week - demonstrates that Thre...
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Setting up the May poll
It took everybody by surprise. The cut in American interest rates last week may have been to head off a potential sharp US recession, but the implications for Britain and...
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Please do not remove your seatbelts just yet
Equities need a visit from the style gurus. The emergency cut in American interest rates may serve only to highlight their recently rediscovered deficiencies. As the smal...
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Credit card frenzy leads to debt society
When the creditors began phoning and knocking at their door, Angela Adams and her husband, Roy, ignored them at first.
They told their friends and family to ring a few ...
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Old Lady joins Fed chief for soft landings
Rate hawks are becoming an endangered species on both sides of the Atlantic. City analysts, who a few months ago were confidently predicting that borrowing costs could ri...
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Flat sales signal slowdown
City traders took a bet yesterday that UK interest rates are about to fall after new figures showed consumers and manufacturers tightening their belts, a warning of slowe...
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Cutting the cost of your plastic
The amount that people in the UK spend on credit cards has increased dramatically in recent years. Last year, credit card spending reached a massive ?70 billion, followin...
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Online banks fight for their share
The battle of the internet banks is gathering pace with Cahoot making headline grabbing offers just days after Intelligent Finance went live.
The Abbey National offshoot...
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No need to be defensive
If Europe's Central Bank had been in charge of American interest rates, then the US economy might never have enjoyed the unprecedented growth of these past nine years. Th...
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Enjoy the pound's strength while it continues
Exchange rates are becoming a vital ingredient in investment decision-making. After the burst of strength in the dollar, which is unlikely to be reversed while further he...
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