Sir Eddie soothes rate rise fears
Sir Eddie George, the governor of the Bank of England, has soothed City fears that borrowing costs are to rise, shrugging off concerns about the strength of consumer spen...
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So you think you know your tax rates
We all know the rate of VAT. We all seem to have a fairly good understanding about rates of income tax. But when it comes to national insurance, there's muddle and confus...
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Wider participation can result in higher drop-out rate
For those of you concerned about maintaining numeracy skills in higher education, here is today's quiz question. Which is the larger number: (a) 40% of 60%; or (b) 80% of...
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Rising debt may trigger rate rise
Britain's consumers continued their borrowing binge in February, chalking up the second largest ever monthly rise in debt, figures from the Bank of England revealed yeste...
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US growth rates signal recovery
The US economy bounced back with surprising resilience in the final quarter of last year, figures showed today.
The world's largest economy grew 1.7% in the last three m...
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Borrowing rises at record rates
Unsecured lending to consumers rose at a record rate during February to reach ?80.9bn, figures showed today.
The British Bankers' Association said credit card, overdraf...
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Who's offering the best rate?
The latest figures from the British Bankers' Association show that unsecured lending to consumers rose at a record rate during February and that credit card, overdraft an...
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Interest rates 'kept too high
The Bank of England has kept interest rates higher than necessary to keep inflation safely below the government's 2.5% target, economic researchers claim today.
In a se...
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Rate rise fears grow as retail sales bounce back
Britain's consumers flooded back to the shops in February, causing the largest one-month increase in retail sales since the millennium boom of January 2000, official figu...
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Howard lauds Brown on interest rates
Shadow chancellor Michael Howard yesterday chose the platform of a centre-left think tank to declare there is now a consensus between Labour and the Conservatives over in...
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