Bank governor dashes hopes of rate cut to boost growth
The Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, moved to quell any lingering hopes of an interest rate cut arriving next month by emphasising that the Bank is targeting inflat...
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Bank rate-setters did not even discuss cut
The prospect of a cut in interest rates next month receded yesterday when minutes of October's meeting of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee revealed that th...
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Bank unanimous on holding rates
Expectations of an imminent rate cut faded today as it emerged that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee had declined to discuss the case for lower borrowing c...
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Small rise in cost of living keeps door ajar for cut in interest rates
Stiff price competition in Britain's retail sector softened the blow of rising energy prices on the cost of living last month and kept the door ajar for the Bank of Engla...
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Inflation rate hits eight-year high
Britain's annual inflation rate in September was driven to its highest level since 1997 by higher transport and petrol prices, official figures showed today.
The Office ...
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Better screening aids breast cancer survival rates
Two-thirds of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer today can expect to survive for at least 20 years, according to figures from a cancer epidemiologist. The screeni...
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Breast cancer survival rates improve
Two out of every three women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive for at least 20 years, researchers predicted today.
A Cancer Research UK study used statistics fro...
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Rates stay at 4.5% but next move is uncertain
The Bank of England yesterday left interest rates steady at 4.5% for the second month running following the quarter-point cut it made in August.
The Bank's monetary poli...
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Shares fall over fears of US interest rate hike
UK shares fell sharply after opening today mimicking heavy losses in Asia and on Wall Street as US investors braced themselves for higher inflation and higher interest ra...
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Current rates hit new high
The current account war hotted up last week with the launch of two products from Abbey and Alliance & Leicester, which pay the highest interest rates around for those wit...
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