BoE 'hurt by UK growth targets'
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Five-years of over-optimistic forecasts did not help the Bank of England set rates and manage policy, a report says.
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Business & money: British economy faces rising costs of food and increasing energy prices amid slowing growth
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Britain is likely to face an acceleration of inflation and a slowing of growth in 2008, Bank of England governor Mervyn King said Tuesday, as turmoil shook financial markets worldwide.
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Economic growth is set to "slow markedly" in 2008, even if the Bank of England decides to cut interest rates by a further 75 basis points this year, the central bank forecast on Wednesday.
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Sterling lost ground against the dollar and the euro as investors readied themselves for an expected BoE interest rate cut next week and the promise of slower economic growth.
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The Bank of England (BoE) froze interest rates at 4.75 percent for the fifth successive month following recent signs that the British economy is losing momentum.
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A leading business group cut its 2005 forecast for British economic growth Thursday, blaming a combination of high oil and commodity prices, slowing global growth and domestic interest rate rises.
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Concerns that the UK recovery was fading emerged on Thursday after figures showed falling mortgage lending, disappointing business investment and a downbeat view of the economy from the CBI, the employers' organisation.
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Business & money: BoE warns 'feedback loop' between financial markets and economy could result in downward spiral
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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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Supply of credit has tightened and likely to get worse, Bank of England warns
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Worries about the credit crunch led to slower growth in UK manufacturing last month, industry figures show.
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A report from Ernst & Young says the Bank of England must not raise interest rates so that they hurt the UK economy.
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British economic growth slowed considerably in the third quarter of 2004 due to poor performance in the industrial sector. Preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that gross domestic
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Higher oil prices and rising interest rates are likely to lead to a slowdown in spending on the UK High Street, business leaders predict.
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Gordon Brown today warns that weak growth in Europe is putting the global economy in jeopardy. In an article in the Financial Times, in which he cautions that the world recovery remains fragile, the chancellor
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U.S. economic growth should lose steam in coming months, a research group said Thursday, indicating a clampdown on credit markets will continue to take its toll on the broader economy.