Rise in bankruptcy blamed on interest rates
Rising interest rates were blamed today for 28.5% more people falling into bankruptcy over the summer than at the same stage of 2003.
Government figures revealed a tota...
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MPC unlikely to raise rates as underlying sales cool
Bargain-hunting consumers shrugged off the impact of higher interest rates and a weakening housing market to give a boost to spending in Britain's shops last month, the C...
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Don't raise rates, CBI urges Bank of England
Further evidence of the impact of record oil prices and a slowing world economy on Britain's manufacturers emerged yesterday as the CBI published a survey showing busines...
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Savers 'lack interest in rates
Almost two-thirds of savers have no idea what interest rate their account is paying, according to research published today.
In addition many savers earned such poor int...
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Rates have peaked, says City
A sharp and surprising downturn in Britain's economy made the City predict yesterday that interest rates have peaked, and signs emerged that the higher cost of borrowing ...
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Pound falls on hints that interest rates have peaked
The pound tumbled to a nine-month low against the euro yesterday after the publication of October's minutes of the monetary policy committee showed there had been no disc...
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Businesses wilt under oil, rates and red tape
Confidence across British business is wilting under the impact of higher interest rates, record oil prices and a series of new regulations which are adding to costs,a lea...
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Inflation fall eases rate rise pressure
Inflation was at its lowest level since March today after figures for September showed the annual rate had fallen by 0.2% to 1.1%.
Significant reductions in air fares c...
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Gordon Strachan rates the teams
England
Paul Robinson 9
I've marked on current form and he's the league's best goalkeeper now. I can't see any weaknesses.
Gary Neville 8
Good tackler and organis...
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Bucking world trends, Africa's child death rate is rising
More infants die in sub-Saharan Africa now than a decade ago, largely because HIV/Aids has reversed advances in public health, the UN children's agency Unicef reports tod...
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