Little 'uns accounts that pay big rates
While children are more likely to be interested in the free piggy banks, soft toys and colouring books on offer, parents opening a savings account for their offspring wou...
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Pressure to cut interest rates eases
Pressure on the Bank of England to cut the cost of borrowing next week eased yesterday as the latest survey of Britain's manufacturing sector showed it was in better shap...
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City gears up for rate cut
Falling consumer confidence, weaker growth and a stagnant housing market pushed the pound to its lowest levels for nine months last night as the City geared up for a cut ...
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Revised GDP figures point to rates cut
City analysts today predicted a cut in interest rates as early as this summer as official figures showed weaker economic growth than expected at the start of the year.
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Retailers plead for rate cut
Hard-pressed retailers were last night demanding an immediate cut in interest rates from the Bank of England after the CBI reported that conditions on the high street wer...
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Bank pair voted for interest rate cut
The City was last night braced for the first cut in interest rates for two years after the Bank of England's chief economist warned that the weakness of growth required c...
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Two MPC members backed interest rates cut
Two Bank of England monetary policy committee members voted for a cut in interest rates earlier this month, Bank minutes revealed today.
City economists expressed surpri...
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Bank extends freeze on rates
The Bank of England yesterday held interest rates steady at 4.75% again but faced growing calls to cut borrowing costs to restore confidence to the consumer and the hard-...
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Interest rates expected to stay at 4.75%
The Bank of England is expected to announce today that interest rates have been kept on hold for the 10th month running.
The base rate has stood at 4.75% since August 20...
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Retailers call for interest rate cut
British retailers said last night they were facing a consumer-led recession as the slump in high street sales continued, and they called on the Bank of England to cut the...
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