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Carney gives first steer on UK economy
Sunday 04 August 2013
New Bank of England guidance policy could see interest rates held for foreseeable future
Hamish McRae: US economic good news may just be the tonic that interest rates thirst after
Thursday 01 August 2013
Economic View: What happens to US rates affects the rest of the world but so too does what happens to the US economy
Simon Read: Premium bonds rate cut leaves slim hope of jackpot
Friday 26 July 2013
An estimated 22 million people hold Premium Bonds. That's around a third of the country. But why do they remain so popular?
Sterling and FTSE blow despite economy’s revival
Thursday 25 July 2013
Financial markets gave the latest GDP figures a downbeat reception, despite the official confirmation that the recovery strengthened in the second quarter of the year.
Mark Dampier: Don't write off bond exposure just yet
Friday 19 July 2013
It is still difficult to see interest rates in the UK rising before the next general election.
UK house prices could rise 18% in next five years
Friday 19 July 2013
Meanwhile, mortgage lending 26% higher than June last year
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is facing a setback as prices rise
Sunday 14 July 2013
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will be faced with the highest inflation for more than a year this week when figures on the cost of living are published.
New Bank of England Governor Mark Carney rolls up his sleeves as new era begins
Monday 01 July 2013
Mark Carney will hit the ground running at the Bank of England today as he takes on "one of the toughest central banking jobs in the world".
Editorial: The high price of payday loans
Sunday 30 June 2013
It is better to have lending in the legal economy than drive it into the criminal underworld
Carney expected to resist urge for immediate change
Saturday 29 June 2013
A new era at the Bank of England dawns tomorrow as Canadian Mark Carney takes the reins and prepares for his first decision on interest rates and money-printing within days.
Hamish McRae: Working out how to quit QE will be new boy Carney’s first challenge
Saturday 29 June 2013
Mark Carney begins work at the Bank of England tomorrow. There is a great temptation, as you can see from the stuff that is being written about the appointment, to see this as leading to a significant shift in policy – something that will enable the UK economy to reach “escape velocity”. The fact that the Bank has been given additional responsibilities for regulating the banking system, making the job on paper at least more powerful, increases the temptation.
Weaker companies 'facing collapse when rates rise'
Friday 28 June 2013
Private-equity boss Jon Moulton today forecast that many weak companies that are “staggering along” because of low borrowing costs are facing collapse as interest rates are starting to rise.
'Significant' threat emerges of sharp rise in interest rates, warns Bank of England
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Increase would affect debt-laden households, banks and finance firms
Libor scandal: ex-UBS trader Tom Hayes is charged by fraud office
Tuesday 18 June 2013
A former UBS trader was today charged with offences of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate.
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