US jobless rate soars
The US unemployment rate jumped 0.5% to 5.4% in October in the starkest evidence yet that America is lurching towards recession after 10 years of uninterrupted growth.
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Bank urged to peg rates
Interest rates should be kept on hold until more information about the economy becomes available, the Bank of England was advised today.
The Shadow Monetary Policy Comm...
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Secret papers reveal crime rate fiddle
The Government was last night accused of a cynical attempt to manipulate the truth about crime after secret Home Office documents revealed a scheme to artificially 'boost...
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Crime rate survey claims record fall
Crime in England and Wales fell by a record amount between 1999 and 2000, according to annual survey published today.
The British crime survey - based on interviews with...
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ECB leaves rates unchanged
The European Central Bank today left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% despite a growing clamour for action to boost confidence and help avert a global slump.
The ECB on...
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CBI demands rate cut
Business leaders yesterday called for decisive action from the Bank of England as new evidence emerged of the worst slump in export prospects for two decades.
Digby Jone...
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Industry leaders call for rate cut
Industry leaders called for a swingeing half-point interest rate cut today after it emerged export prospects were their bleakest since 1980.
The CBI's latest quarterly ...
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Surgeons' success rate to be published
Hospital surgeons will be graded in official league tables to be published within a year, giving patients information about doctors' success rates for the first time.
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Coping in a low interest rate climate
For savers, these are tough times indeed. With interest rates so low - the base rate currently stands at 4.75%, the lowest for 40 years - the traditional bank and buildin...
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ECB holds rates steady
The European Central Bank yesterday sought to deliver a confidence boosting business as usual message to financial markets and European consumers by leaving interest rate...
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