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May 14 2008
MERVYN KING, the Governor of the Bank of England, came within one-tenth of a percentage point of having to pen a public letter of explanation to Chancellor Alistair Darling after yesterday’s publication of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI)....
May 6 2008
CITY analysts believe the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will not cut interest rates on Thursday, despite grim economic forecasts....
Apr 16 2008
Shops gloom drives hopes of new interest rate cut...
Apr 11 2008
ECONOMIC commentators in Liverpool last night welcomed the cut in UK interest rates to 5% – but warned that more cuts would be needed to avoid recession....
Apr 9 2008
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown caught the Bank of England by surprise yesterday when he said the time was right for another cut in interest rates....
Mar 25 2008
A LEADING business group has challenged Treasury growth estimates with its own more pessimistic forecasts of slowing growth and rising inflation....
Mar 5 2008
INTEREST rates are once again the focus of the markets as they wait to see what action the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee takes when it makes its latest announcement at noon tomorrow....
Feb 8 2008
INTEREST rates need to be cut still further – that’s the view of the region’s business leaders after Bank of England policymakers cut the cost of borrowing by 0.25% yesterday....
Feb 6 2008
BILL Gleeson and Alistair Houghton ask local business owners whether interest rates should be cut or kept on hold by the Bank of England tomorrow...
Jan 30 2008
THE coming days will see a growing clamour as the nation’s business lobbyists demand a cut in interest rates when the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meets next week....
