Bank keeps interest rates on hold
Homeowners and industry leaders breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when the Bank of England froze interest rates for the seventh consecutive month.
The Bank's monetary...
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Industry warns Bank against rate rise
British industry yesterday fired a warning shot across the bows of the Bank of England, calling for it to leave interest rates on hold today, or risk damaging the fragile...
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Cancer survival rates disputed
Britain's biggest cancer charity advised caution yesterday over suggestions that long-term survival rates for lung cancer patients were showing sharp improvements.
Doct...
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Penalties to pay on rates if England wins World Cup
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee should be watching the national team's World Cup matches very carefully. David Beckham's boys could unhinge an economy alr...
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Geremi, Cameroon
Along with samuel Eto'o, the brightest of the Cameroon bunch, especially in the second half. Nipping up and down the right wing he looked like their o...
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Consumer spending boom triggers interest rate alert
Britain's shops returned to the boom conditions of the late 80s last month as low interest rates, warm weather and the feelgood factor generated by soaring property price...
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Nervy industry cautions against early rates rise
The Confederation of British Industry sounded the alarm over the faltering world economic recovery yesterday as it warned the Bank of England against a hasty rise in inte...
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High street spending may push up interest rates
The Bank of England today came under renewed pressure to rein in rampant consumer spending as retail sales surged in April in the biggest gain in 27 months.
In figures r...
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Bank kept rates unchanged 'amid economic gloom
The Bank of England voted unanimously to keep interest rates at a 38-year-low earlier this month amid concern over the weakness of the global economic recovery and fragil...
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Europeans aim for joint rate rises
Europe's central banks are set to raise interest rates simultaneously on 6 June, say leading economists. The Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Swedish Ri...
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