UK inflation holds steady at 2.1%
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UK inflation stays at 2.1% in November, official figures show, as lower utility bills offset higher petrol prices.
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British 12-month inflation rose to 2.5 percent in August from 2.4 percent the previous month.
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British house price inflation remained  in double-digits in June and prices in the service sector  accelerated, according to two separate surveys on Wednesday  that reinforced expectations interest rates would go up this  week.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy makers held a short-term interest rate steady yesterday, saying that inflation remains too high but should drift lower over time as energy prices fall and the economy slows.
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The Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided to keep the interest rates at 2 % on Thursday. The same day, the Bank of England also announced the decision to keep its key rate unchanged at 4.75%.
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UK inflation fell in January, to reach 2.7% after jumping to an 11-year high in December.
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LONDON : British inflation slowed to an annual rate of 1.1 percent in September from 1.3 percent in August, as cheaper airfares helped to push the rate down to the lowest level for six months, official figures showed.
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The pound was steady despite further evidence emerging of a sharp slowdown in the British housing market.
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The Bank of England keeps UK rates on hold for the second month in row, following recent evidence of cooling house prices  and consumer spending.
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The slow rise in the price of clothing and footwear on the high street has once again helped to keep inflation under control in the UK.
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The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady at a six-year high of 5.5 percent after reports that price inflation is slowing in the services and housing sectors. The bank raised rates last month after three other rises since August apparently failed to cool inflationary pressures and a buoyant housing market. Even after the European Central Bank raised rates Wednesday by a quarter-point, to 4 percent, Britainâs rates remain the highest among the worldâs seven wealthiest nations. Most economists expect a rise of a quarter of a percentage point next month in British rates. as the Bank of England tries to bring consumer price index inflation back to its 2 percent target from its current level of 2.8 percent.
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The pound remained near 26-year highs against the dollar amid expectations of  further monetary tightening in the UK at the same time as housing concerns continue to dog thinking about the US economic outlook.
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The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates unchanged after the latest meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee.
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British 12-month inflation eased to 2.4 percent in July, official data has shown, but was widely expected to rise further above the Bank of England's 2.0-percent target in the coming months.
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UK inflation is set to reach its 2.0% target by 2006 and then head higher, a Bank of England report predicts.
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The European Central Bank is expected to keep interest rates steady at 2 percent on Thursday, with markets looking for any hint that the central bank's worries about growth have heightened.
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The European Central Bank has kept eurozone interest rates unchanged at 2% for the seventeenth consecutive month. The decision came amid worries about the economy in the 12-nation eurozone.