Govt raises pension fund interest rate
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India has raised the interest rate for the country's largest pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund  (EPF), to 9.5 percent, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Wednesday.
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.75 percent, the fifth increase this year, in an attempt to curb inflation.
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Britain announced a &quot;significant&quot; increase in pensions for Gurkha veterans following prolonged protests from the Nepalese veterans who fought alongside British troops in two world wars.
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India's central bank raised two short-term interest rates Tuesday by a quarter percentage point each, but left a key rate unchanged in a bid sustain the growing economy's momentum.
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New Zealand&#39;s central bank has again moved to ease inflation pressures, raising its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6.25 percent -- a level last seen in March 2001.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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NEW YORK - In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve (search) Tuesday raised its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent, its third rate increase in a row.
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In a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday, the policy makers fulfilled the expectations of the analysts announcing a quarter-point rise in its target for the Federal funds Rate, bringing it 2% from 1.75%, the highest level since November
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Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate yesterday for the fifth time this year, and indicated they will gradually move rates higher next year to keep inflation under control as the economy expands.
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Better-off people may gain more from government pension reforms than the less well-off, research suggests.
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Ministers are to publish a bill outlining changes to the state pension system, including raising the pension age.
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The rate of inflation rose in August for the fourth successive month as this year&#39;s series of interest rate rises drove up the cost of buying a house.
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The People&#39;s Bank of China, or China&#39;s central bank, announced Thursday to raise both lending and deposit interest rates 0.27 percentage point higher as from Oct. 29.
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in auction yesterday to the highest levels since April.
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Description: The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates for the fifth time since June. The quarter-point increase will put the federal funds rate at 2 1/4 percent.
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The central bank raised its overnight repo rate on Tuesday for the first time in more than four years, citing concerns about a rise in inflation in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is tipped to put up interest rates to 5.75%.