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<title>Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Tag - interest rates</title>

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<title>A welcome cut &#8211; but does it show how bad things are?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>BUSINESS leaders and professionals in Merseyside have welcomed the decision by Bank of England policymakers to slash interest rates to a 53-year low.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-news/2008/11/06/interest-rates-slashed-to-3-64375-22197696/</link>
<title>Interest rates slashed to 3%</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>The unexpectedly large cut of 1.5% was immediately welcomed by business leaders.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/22/the-economist-64375-22088500/</link>
<title>The economist</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>PETER STONEY is an honorary senior fellow at Liverpool University Management School and director of the Liverpool Research Group in Macroeconomics.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/15/billions-failing-to-thaw-the-frozen-markets-64375-22036530/</link>
<title>Billions failing to thaw the frozen markets</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>THE fresh billions thrown at the financial system by the Treasury and Bank of England showed few signs of thawing frozen money markets yesterday.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/15/research-group-urges-cut-in-interest-rates-down-to-3-to-deal-with-the-effects-of-credit-crunch-64375-22036535/</link>
<title>Research group urges cut in interest rates down to 3% to deal with the effects of credit crunch</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>INTEREST rates of 3% could be necessary to cope with the credit crunch, according to the Liverpool Macroeconomic Research Group.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/05/14/bank-chief-put-on-the-spot-64375-20905903/</link>
<title>Bank chief put on the spot</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>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&#8217;s publication of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/05/06/bank-of-england-will-keep-interest-rates-on-hold-at-5-analysts-predict-64375-20865865/</link>
<title>Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold at 5%, analysts predict</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>CITY analysts believe the Bank of England&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee will not cut interest rates on Thursday, despite grim economic forecasts.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/04/16/banks-snap-up-15bn-as-retail-sales-fall-64375-20769268/</link>
<title>Banks snap up &#163;15bn as retail sales fall</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>Shops gloom drives hopes of new interest rate cut</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/04/11/finance-leaders-back-rate-cut-64375-20749804/</link>
<title>Finance leaders back rate cut</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>ECONOMIC commentators in Liverpool last night welcomed the cut in UK interest rates to 5% &#8211; but warned that more cuts would be needed to avoid recession.</description>
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<link>http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/04/09/brown-s-heavy-hint-to-bank-on-interest-64375-20738644/</link>
<title>Brown&#8217;s heavy hint to Bank on interest</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<description>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.</description>
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