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Interest rates 'to stay at 5.75 per cent'
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INTEREST rates are likely to be held at 5.75 per cent this week
after the recent stock market jitters and a lower-than-expected rise
in inflation.
A poll of 61 economists all expect the Bank of England (BoE) to
make no change as markets still struggle to stabilise in the wake of
the credit crunch.
Consumer price inflation (CPI) also fell unexpectedly below target
in July to 1.9 per cent, taking the sting out of policymakers'
suggestion in the BoE August Inflation Report that ra...
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