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Balancing austerity and recovery
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning about the need to balance debt reduction through austerity measures …
No rate cut, no more QE
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.5% and is not extending its £200bn asset purchase programme, commonly referred to as quantitative easing (QE).
Inflation accelerates along the tracks
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of price inflation has accelerated again, rising to 4.4% for the year to July 2011.
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Tagged 4.4%, inflation, interest rates, rail fares, season tickets, vat
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On hold. Again.
UK interest rates have remained on hold at the historic low of 0.5% following the latest monthly meeting of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
A tale of two interest rate decisions
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.5% and the European Central Bank has raised interest rates in the eurozone by 0.25% to 1.5%.
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Tagged bank of england, economic recovery, european central bank, inflation, interest rates
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More QE on the way?
A senior Bank of England policymaker has raised the prospect of a further round of quantitative easing in the UK.
Posted in Financial Planning, News
Tagged bank of england, inflation, interest rates, paul fisher, qe2, quantitative easing
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Steady as she goes
The latest price inflation figures show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation remaining steady at 4.5% for the year to May 2011.
Wage inflation & interest rates
New research from Incomes Data Services (IDS) has found that public sector pay settlements were running at zero in the three months to April 2011.
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Tagged interest rates, price inflation, private sector, public sector, wage inflation
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A gloomy economic forecast
The British Chambers of Commerce has downgraded its economic growth forecast for the UK economy, with rising inflation and squeezed household incomes to blame.
CPI inflation goes up to 4.5%
The latest price inflation figures published this morning show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of price inflation at 4.5% for the year to April 2011.
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Tagged 4.5%, core inflation, cpi, easter, inflation, interest rates, rpi
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