Rate decision 'on a knife-edge'
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UK interest rates will most likely be kept on hold on Thursday, but analysts say it will be a very close decision.
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Looked at from a certain angle, the Fed's dramatic (though not unexpected) rate cut yesterday morning is a bit screwy.
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It was the fourth month in a row that the bank&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee decided against changing the rate. The decision was widely expected following indications that Britain&#39;s economy has slowed, and that
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When it comes to calculating the odds of rate cuts next year, the math no longer seems simple.
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Interest payment cutoffs, which are expected to accelerate, would be the latest blow to markets as investors try to anticipate the next problem that might shake confidence.
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American shoppers will decide whether the Fed cuts rate furthers.
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It was the third month in a row that the bank&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee has frozen the rate. The decision was widely expected following indications that Britain&#39;s economy has slowed.
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The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee&#39;s latest demonstration of unanimity - voting 9-0 to keep interest rates unchanged - is the latest piece of evidence to suggest that interest rates have peaked.
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Hopes of a cut in interest rates were raised today, following the publication of the Bank of England&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee minutes.
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European Central Bank boss Jean-Claude Trichet talks down rate cut chances amid financial market problems.
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Run rate is a fine but dangerous tool.
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Decisions on interest rates in Europe are set to take decidedly different paths Thursday with the Bank of England expected to increase its key rate while the European Central Bank is likely to leave its benchmark rate unchanged, at least through the summer.
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Investors assume that the central bank will reduce the overnight federal funds rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point, to 5 percent. But many market analysts say that will not be enough to restore confidence.
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Investor's Business Daily - Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said last Tue.&#39;s surprise 50-basis- point cut in the fed funds rate should help the U.S. economy grow faster than it was before the decision. &quot;There was room to cut, the question was by how much. We decided by 50 basis points . . . that was to provide a little more oomph to economic growth,&quot; he said. Markets had expected a quarter-point cut. Fisher said future rate moves could go in either direction.
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Economic data released Wednesday supports decision to cut interest rates.
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Business & money: Lenders move swiftly to cut home loan rates after the Bank of England cut the price of borrowing
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Economists are divided over whether the rise in prices will be short-lived.