Long-term savers lose out on interest rates
Savers who have held their money in the same account for some time should look at moving their cash as the rates on offer are often much lower than those on new accounts ...
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Fear of property boom kept interest rate on hold
Fears that lower interest rates would stoke a fresh boom in the property market helped keep borrowing costs on hold at 4.5% this month, the Bank of England revealed yeste...
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Bank voted 8-1 to hold interest rates
Bank of England minutes today showed that, for the third month in a row, only one Bank policymaker voted to lower interest rates.
Stephen Nickell again emerged as the lo...
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Car mechanics overtake barristers' hourly rate
Visiting a garage can prove costlier than you think, according to new research today which reveals that the average car mechanic often charges more an hour than a doctor ...
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Drop in inflation increases chances of rate cut
The prospects for a cut in interest rates were boosted yesterday by figures showing that inflation had unexpectedly fallen below the Bank of England's target rate last mo...
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Rates must fall soon, so take out a tracker
Interest rates might not have fallen last week, but Cash is reliably informed that four out of nine members of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted in favo...
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English sexual infection rates highest in UK
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are higher in England than in the rest of the UK, but rates in Scotland and Wales are growing twice as fast, researchers s...
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Call for rate cut as sales burst peters out
Retailers today call on the Bank of England to cut interest rates this week after the latest snapshot of consumer activity showed the burst of spending in the new year sa...
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Rates on hold despite retail slump
High street retailers basking in the glow of a better-than-expected Christmas will come crashing back down to earth this week.
Figures published on Tuesday by the Britis...
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Greenspan bows out with final rise in interest rates
Alan Greenspan last night marked the end of his eighteen and a half-year stint at the helm of the Federal Reserve with an increase in interest rates designed to prevent h...
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