Driven by the fear of bust and boom
There were red faces in the City yesterday when the Bank of England announced that interest rates were going up. Straw polls had shown that the Square Mile's lavishly pai...
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Millions hit by Tessa rip-off
Millions of savers with tax exempt special savings accounts (Tessas) are receiving up to a third less interest than individual savings account (Isa) holders, even thoug...
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CBI: Brown was right on growth
Industry leaders yesterday said that further interest rate cuts will be needed to safeguard Britain's fledging economic recovery unless the pound falls against other worl...
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CBI sees pay rises falling back
Fears that the lowest unemployment for almost two decades will lead to higher interest rates by igniting inflation in the labour market will be countered today with the C...
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A touch on the brakes
In one of the most trailed decisions in its history, the US Federal Reserve yesterday raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent. The world will now wait anxiously to see whe...
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Economy grinds to a halt
Britain's longest period of postwar economic expansion ground to a halt in the first three months of 1999 as last year's interest rate rises and the strength of the pound...
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Record fall in high street sales
Hopes of lower interest rates are kept alive by a survey published today showing a record fall in high street sales in April.
Takings by the major retailers fell 4.6% l...
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Glasgow and Belfast top heart attack list
Glasgow and Belfast have topped a poll as two cities with some of the worst rates of heart attacks in the world, according to the results of a 10 year study published in ...
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The euro takes a pounding
Sterling soared to its highest level yet against the euro yesterday, intensifying the Bank of England's dilemma over interest rates and casting a shadow over government p...
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How we make the sums add up - by the Bank
The Bank of England today provides the first real insight into the thinking behind its interest-rate decisions with details of how monetary policy affects growth and infl...
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