Interest rates stay unchanged
The Bank of England today left interest rates unchanged at 4.75% for the fifth month running amid further signs of a weakening economy.
Hours before the Bank announced i...
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Study reveals low PhD completion rates
Nearly three out of 10 full-time PhD students have still not completed their doctorates seven years after starting their studies, research revealed today.
And figures f...
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Services slowdown renews hopes of cut in interest rates
Growth in Britain's service sector unexpectedly slowed to a three-month low last month while confidence among firms tumbled to its worst in a year and a half, a survey re...
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Bank of England hints at interest rate cut
Labour's re-election prospects received a boost yesterday when the Bank of England dangled the prospect of a cut in interest rates in the run-up to a likely spring poll. ...
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College allowances 'reduce drop-out rates
Payments introduced to help 16 and 17-year-olds in England through further education have already reduced drop-out rates, ministers claimed today.
More than 250,000 stu...
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Bank voted unanimously to keep rates steady
Interest rates are set to remain unchanged over the next few months after all nine members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted to keep rates st...
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Childhood cancer rates rise in Europe
Cancer rates among children have been rising in the UK and Europe over the last 30 years, research has revealed.
While childhood cancer is rare, the overall incidence h...
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We don't like NS&I's lower rates
Interest rates have been rising but National Savings and Investments this week cut the interest paid on new fixed-rate savings products.
It blames falls in gilt yields ...
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Jobless rise may keep rate pegged
The number of people out of work and claiming benefit rose for the first time in 15 months in October as Britain's long downward trend in unemployment came to a stutterin...
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Fed to raise US interest rates as dollar heads for 30-year low
The Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates on Wednesday, but its vote of confidence is unlikely to halt the decline of the dollar.
As the markets turn their atten...
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