Interest rates remain unchanged
The Bank of England today left interest rates at 4.5% for the ninth month running, amid signs of a recovery in the UK manufacturing sector and suggestions that the next m...
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Rate worries alarm US investors
Wall Street's interest rate anxiety sent stocks lower last night after comments from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, compounded concerns about surging oil pri...
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How he rates: Tom Smith, Lancashire
It was not only the weather that cast gloom over Lancashire in their drawn County Championship opener against Hampshire a fortnight ago: losing an Ashes Test in 2009 did ...
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China raises interest rates to cool overheating economy
China yesterday increased its interest rates for the first time in 18 months in an effort to rein in booming investment and credit growth that have the potential to desta...
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Retail sales rise makes rate cut unlikely
The prospects of a fall in interest rates took a further knock today as retail sales rose at a more rapid clip than expected in March.
The Office for National Statistics...
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Bank voted 7-1 to hold interest rates
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee voted 7-1 to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.5% this month, Bank minutes showed today.
For the fifth month running, S...
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Jobless claims rise at twice expected rate
The UK jobs market continued to soften in March as the number of people claiming unemployment benefits rose more than expected, official figures showed today.
The Office...
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Euro rates held - and no rise in May, ECB hints
The European Central Bank surprised financial markets yesterday by hinting that an interest rate rise in May was far from being a done deal, as analysts had assumed.
The...
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Bank keeps interest rates at 4.5%
The Bank of England today left interest rates unchanged at 4.5% for the eighth month running amid concerns over rising house and energy prices.
The Bank's monetary polic...
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Greenspan's successor uses first meeting to raise US interest rates
The US Federal Reserve, under its new chief Ben Bernanke, last night raised interest rates by a quarter point to 4.75%, their highest level in nearly five years, as it so...
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