Britain's economy feels pain of credit squeeze
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Gloom over the British economy spread on  Monday as the Confederation of British Industry slashed its  growth forecasts and more evidence emerged of falling house  prices.
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Banks cut lending to households in the last three months of 2007, due to the continuing credit crunch, says the Bank of England.
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Welcome to the dawn of a new credit cycle, with tighter bank lending, rising costs for riskier borrowers and a slowing economy.
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The Bank of England left its key interest rate at 5.75 percent on Thursday and said it was &quot;too soon&quot; to judge the full economic disruption of the ongoing global credit squeeze.
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The OECD warns the UK economy may slow because of the credit crunch, forcing the Bank of England to cut rates.
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The Bank of England is set to offer lenders an extra Â£10bn in funds to limit the impact of a credit crunch.
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Private investors have pulled billions of pounds out of some of the UK's best-known mutual funds in recent months, in a sign of jitters about the downturn in markets and the economy.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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Small UK firms are struggling to secure the loans they need to expand or even survive, a business group warns.
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Welcome to the dawn of a new credit  cycle, with tighter bank lending, rising costs for riskier  borrowers and a slowing economy.
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Credit markets took another hit as the Bank of England bailed out Britain's biggest casualty so far in the global credit crunch while policymakers differed over the best way to restore liquidity to money markets.
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Analysts have noted that sterling is suffering as the market has reined in its expectations about how far the Bank of England will raise interest rates.
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LONDON: The British economy braked sharply in the third quarter when growth slowed to 0.4 per cent, the weakest pace for over a year, as a string of interest rate rises took effect, official figures showed yesterday.
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Business & money: British economy faces rising costs of food and increasing energy prices amid slowing growth
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Gordon Brown's running of the economy has damaged the UK's ability to cope with a downturn, say the Tories.
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The UK's main share index, the FTSE 100, falls sharply on fears of further credit woes in the banking sector.
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The British Chambers of Commerce calls for an interest rate cut, amid signs of an economic slowdown in the UK.