Industrial rates fears on agenda
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Members of NI's business community are heading to Stormont where industrial rates are to be discussed.
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The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates on hold again Thursday despite concerns over the impact of the global credit squeeze on the local economy.
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Futures pointed to a lower open on  Thursday, as higher oil prices and rising bond yields fueled  concerns about the outlook for interest rates and corporate  profits, a day after the Standard & Poor&#39;s 500&#39;s biggest drop  in two weeks.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--A bigger-than-expected fall in Australian building approvals in August suggests the Reserve Bank won&#39;t be in a hurry to raise interest rates immediately after the Oct. 9 election.
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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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Anxiety over the potential for higher inflation, driven by a strong global economy, is preoccupying investors.
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Worries about commodity prices and  interest rates will resurface next week, as investors comb  through more economic data for clues about how much inflation  may be affecting the U.S. economy.
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BEIJING: China sought yesterday to soothe concerns over a surprise interest rate rise, its first in nearly a decade and one which is expected to start a series of increases to cool growth in the world&#39;s seventh-biggest economy.
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Business & money: Fears grow of market turbulence stunting global growth.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The slew of speeches in the past week by Fed officials have cemented views that the Federal Open Market Committee will raise rates on Sept.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined amid concern an upcoming report on manufacturing may point to slowing economic growth.
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The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices.
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Wall Street may be on the defensive   this week if reports on housing and growth suggest the United   States economy is headed for an acute slowdown.
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Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday cemented Wall Street concerns that strong third-quarter earnings might tough to maintain as the industry raises prices to combat soaring raw-material and energy costs.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials  approach a key meeting next week worried both about not raising  interest rates enough to avert inflation and doing more than is  needed at the expense of economic growth.
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A sharp and surprising downturn in Britain&#39;s economy made the City predict yesterday that interest rates have peaked, and signs emerged that the higher cost of borrowing is putting the brakes on the housing market and the manufacturing sector.
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Rate-setters at the Bank of England were given plenty to ponder today after figures on house prices and manufacturing output confounded expectations.