Retailers call for interest rate cut
British retailers said last night they were facing a consumer-led recession as the slump in high street sales continued, and they called on the Bank of England to cut the...
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Spending slump prompts calls to cut interest rates
Fears that consumer spending, the main driver of economic growth, is in unstoppable decline will be fuelled this week with fresh evidence of a high street slowdown.
The...
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ECB holds interest rates for 24th month as Trichet denies talk of euro's demise
The European Central Bank refused again yesterday to cut interest rates to boost the flagging eurozone economy, leaving its key repo rate at 2% for the 24th month in a ro...
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Manufacturing woe raises rate pressure
Pressure was mounting on the Bank of England to make a cut in interest rates last night after the worst performance from manufacturing in two years and evidence of slacke...
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Companies call for rate cut to push UK growth
Britain's hard-pressed companies last night called for action, not words, from the Bank of England to stimulate the economy after a slump in factory output and sluggish c...
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Reform and cut rates, 'flagging' Europe warned
The OECD warned Europe's leaders yesterday that failure to embark on root-and-branch reform of the continent's chronically under-performing economy would put the credibil...
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New interest rates rise 'unlikely
The Bank of England will probably not have to raise interest rates because of weaker growth prospects, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said toda...
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Lone voice calls for rate rise at Bank
Further signs that interest rates may have peaked came yesterday with news of slower growth in average earnings and a rise in the claimant count.
In addition, minutes f...
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Bank minutes show poor sales holding rates steady
Only one Bank of England policymaker voted to raise interest rates earlier this month, it emerged today, as the majority remained preoccupied with a slowdown in consumer ...
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Students line up to rate their universities
Six out of 10 final-year students have taken part in the biggest ever survey of student opinion, disclosing in detail how they rate their academic experience at universit...
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