Interest rates
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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Poll of economists finds that July to September 2015 is the likely time for Bank of England action
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New mortgage approvals hit a 17-month low amid high prices, uncertainty ahead of election and interest rates rising
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UK job market has changed permanently due to financial crisis, Mark Carney tells Treasury select committee
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While inflation has edged higher, a cluster of economic factors point to the rate tumbling again in the coming months
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The Bank of England governor’s clear message is that the cost of borrowing will not go up for now
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Falling commodity prices and weak wage growth triggers drastic change of view at Bank of England
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Quarterly inflation report is likely to cement the view that interest rates will remain at 0.5% until after the general election in May
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NIESR forecast for UK interest rates increases pushed back, amid fresh concerns over the flagging eurozone economy
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Trevor Williams: The US has stopped printing money, and both countries seem likely soon to be back in step with modest, gradual interest rate rises
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Japanese policymakers announce plan to increase stimulus through expansion of its quantitative easing programme
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Annual growth of 3.5% stronger than the 3% forecast, boosted by a rise in exports and government defence spending
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Cash used to repay £48.7bn loan for looking after nationalised Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley mortgages in 2008
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Heidi Moore: The Federal Reserve has spent six years and over $3tn buying up bonds to save the economy. Now it has to figure out how to sell it all back without creating a panic
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The impact of quantitative easing was blunted by unconventional monetary policies and conservative fiscal policies
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Central bank’s head, Janet Yellen, confirms cessation of buying bonds in October after injection of £4.5 trillion over five years
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Jon Cunliffe says factors such as weaker growth means current level can be maintained for longer than previously thought
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Western banks, companies and money markets are attracting more money from vast Chinese savings than they can cope with, pushing up share and property prices, and driving down savings rates
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Monetary Policy Committee vote of 7-2 to keep interest rates at historic low of 0.5% overruled dissenters for third month in row
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Phillip Inman: Rates will remain steady for now, but mortgage payers might play a cautious hand after all the ‘will they, won’t they’ discussion
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Premature tightening in monetary policy could leave the UK vulnerable to shocks, say majority of MPC members in October
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Andy Haldane’s admission that he was gloomier about the economy surprised the markets, but he insists the UK is doing well in some respects, writes Katie Allen
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Andy Haldane deploys batting statistics to explain why he favours a delay in raising interest rates in the near future
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Pound falls as Andrew Haldane predicts continuing low interest rates amid macro-economic ‘agony and ecstasy’
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Ross McEwan said bank will carry out research to win back trust and ease concerns over the impact of an increase
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Martin Weale indicated that he will continue to vote for immediate rate hike and supported tightening credit this year
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Consumer prices index drops to five-year low, leaving markets to predict borrowing costs to rise in mid-2015
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Nils Pratley: Bank chief Carney may have to write to chancellor as price of oil falls and supermarkets try to cap price of food
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News surprises financial markets and prompts traders to push back bets of when the Bank of England will raise interest rates
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A roundup of the reaction to news that UK inflation fell to 1.2% in September, lower than the expected drop
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says real wage freezes and uncertainty have put off potential property buyers
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Almost zero borrowing costs has encouraged speculation rather than hoped-for pick up in investment, says Fund
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But International Monetary Fund warns that the Bank would have to be cautious in deploying its biggest weapon because of the possibility of damage to the wider economy
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Interest rate debate reignites after new European standard of GDP measurement revises up growth to 0.9%
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