Interest Rates

Gilts retreat, Bank inflation report in focus - Reuters - Wed 10 Feb, 05:49 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - British government bonds fell on Tuesday, drawing little support from a relatively smooth auction of 25-year gilts ahead of the Bank of England's quarterly inflation report on Wednesday.

Bank to cut growth, raise inflation forecasts - Reuters - Wed 10 Feb, 05:49 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will almost certainly revise down its growth forecasts for this year while ramping up its inflation profile when it unveils its quarterly Inflation Report on Wednesday, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

Interest rate concern lurks under commodities - Reuters - Tue 09 Feb, 03:17 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - After New Year cheer, reality is starting to bite.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (L) and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King - AFP - Sat 06 Feb, 11:05 PM
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (L) and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King prepare for the start of talks at the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The Group of Seven leading industrial nations will continue their economic stimulus policies, G7 ministers said here after wrapping up two days of talks in northern Canada.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (left) and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King - AFP - Sat 06 Feb, 03:59 PM
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (left) and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King prepare for the start of talks at the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Finance ministers and central bankers from leading industrial nations Saturday held a second day of talks in northern Canada as fresh market turmoil cast doubt on a fragile global economic recovery.

Bank to cut 2010 growth, raise inflation forecasts - Reuters - Fri 05 Feb, 03:56 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will almost certainly revise down its growth forecasts for this year while ramping up its inflation profile when it unveils its quarterly Inflation Report on Wednesday, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

Week Ahead: Miners, Diageo, BoE Inflation Report - ShareCast - Fri 05 Feb, 12:28 PM
The results season for mining companies remains in full flow with Xstrata, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto all set to give fourth quarter updates next week.

Bank Of England Keeps Interest Rate On Hold - Sky News - Thu 04 Feb, 08:00 PM
The Bank of England has announced its decision to hold the interest rate and pause its programme of pumping newly-created money into the economy.

The BoE rate stayed at 0.50 percent. - AFP - Thu 04 Feb, 04:37 PM
The European Central Bank and Bank of England kept interest rates at record lows as financial markets looked for guidance on growing eurozone deficit and debt problems.

The ECB kept its main interest rate at an all-time low of 1% - AFP - Thu 04 Feb, 01:10 PM
A giant Euro symbol stands in front of Frankfurt's Eurotower, which houses the European Central Bank. The Bank of England has frozen its radical policy of pumping massive amounts of new money into the economy but did not rule out further aid as Britain faces a tough recovery from recession

Bank of England ends spending spree 12:19 PM [ ShareCast]
Bank of England halts QE 12:03 PM [ Reuters]
A City worker passes the Bank of England in central London 03:51 AM [ AFP ]
Protesters gather outside the Bank of England in the City of London in early April 2009 03:51 AM [ AFP ]
The Bank of England is set to call an end to its policy of pumping in new money after Britain emerged from recession 03:51 AM [ AFP ]

Analysts say India's central bank is trying to achieve a delicate balance of curbing inflation while not choking growth 06:49 AM [ AFP ]
Fed's Kohn warns on interest rate risk 03:14 PM [ Reuters]
Eurozone inflation edges up to 1% 12:38 PM [ ShareCast]
Inflation increased across continental Europe in January, new figures showed Friday 11:55 AM [ AFP ]
Annual food inflation is running at 17.4 percent with some staples up by over 100 percent 11:35 AM [ AFP ]

India is struggling to tame inflation, which is running at 7.31 percent 11:15 AM [ AFP ]
Instant View - Euro zone inflation, unemployment up 10:56 AM [ Reuters]
Instant View - Euro zone inflation up 10:35 AM [ Reuters]
Euro zone Jan inflation below consensus 10:35 AM [ Reuters]
India is seeking to curb inflation running at 7.31 percent 06:29 AM [ AFP ]

Mervyn King warns banks need 'radical' reform 02:09 PM [ ShareCast]
Highlights - Bank of England policymakers in parliament 12:31 PM [ Reuters]
Bank of England policymakers in parliament 12:17 PM [ Reuters]
BoE and U.S. FDIC to work closely on banks in distress 02:54 PM [ Reuters]
Chinese inflation surged towards the end of the year 04:45 PM [ AFP ]

China's red-hot economy expanded by 8.7 percent in 2009 but inflation surged towards the end of the year, new data says 08:38 AM [ AFP ]
How inflation will affect your finances 12:38 PM [ Yahoo!]
BoE votes 9-0 to hold rates and stimulus plan 10:14 AM [ ShareCast]
Mervyn King 12:03 AM [ AFP ]
Bonds round up: Inflation knocks gilts 04:50 PM [ ShareCast]

FX afternoon update - Sterling gains on inflation data, while Euro continues to struggle 04:36 PM [ ShareCast]
The Bank of England forecast the rate will fall back towards 1% later this year 11:10 AM [ AFP ]
Inflation soars above target 11:03 AM [ ShareCast]
FX Morning update - Sterling rises ahead of inflation data, while Euro struggles 07:16 AM [ ShareCast]
Tuesday preview: Inflation surge expected 05:28 PM [ ShareCast]

Central bank governor Stanley Fischer had targeted an inflation rate of no more than three percent for 2009 02:54 PM [ AFP ]
Eurozone inflation up 0.9% in December 10:59 AM [ ShareCast]
Inflation in Germany reached minus 0.5 percent in July, the lowest rate since 1987 10:11 AM [ AFP ]
The BoE is also forecast to announce it will continue to pump out new money 04:42 AM [ AFP ]
The BoE slashed British borrowing costs and launched the QE policy in March 09:59 AM [ AFP ]

The Bank of England in London 09:55 AM [ AFP ]
Savers: beware the return of inflation 01:20 PM [ Yahoo!]
The US Federal Reserve maintained its near-zero interest rate policy 08:51 PM [ AFP ]
The Federal Open Market Committee is unlikely to make any change to its near-zero interest rate policy 03:56 PM [ AFP ]
Across the EU inflation was at 1%, up from 0.5% in October 10:24 AM [ AFP ]

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