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Dec 5 2008
INTEREST rates last hit 2% in 1951 and have not been lower since the Bank of England came into existence in 1694....
Dec 5 2008
BRITAIN’S base interest rate was slashed to 2% yesterday in a desperate bid by the Bank of England to kick-start the economy....
Dec 4 2008
A RANGE of measures to strengthen regulation of the crisis-hit UK banking sector was outlined in the Queen’s Speech....
Nov 13 2008
The October figures released yesterday showed the increase in the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance was below the UK increase of 2.1% in five of the six boroughs. As with last month, St Helens was the exception, with a 4.3% rise....
Nov 7 2008
BUSINESS leaders and professionals in Merseyside have welcomed the decision by Bank of England policymakers to slash interest rates to a 53-year low....
Nov 6 2008
The unexpectedly large cut of 1.5% was immediately welcomed by business leaders....
Oct 15 2008
THE fresh billions thrown at the financial system by the Treasury and Bank of England showed few signs of thawing frozen money markets yesterday....
Oct 15 2008
INFLATION hit a 16-year high in September, but economists believe the year-long spiral in the cost of living could soon be over....
Aug 23 2008
THE UK economy’s record run of unbroken quarterly economic growth has come to a halt, according to official figures published yesterday....
Jun 18 2008
THE Bank of England yesterday warned that rising energy and oil prices could push inflation above 4% this year....
