Economics / Markets

Why the MPC should ramp up QE to stop inflation falling

Markets were mixed overnight after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi revealed he was cutting interest rates, including a move to a negative deposit rate.

The European Central Bank has cut benchmark interest rates to a new historic low of 0.15% as it acts to stimulate economic growth and stave off another downturn.

Expectations are running high that the European Central Bank (ECB) will loosen its monetary policy at its meeting on Thursday.

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Neil Woodford is considering opening talks with his former firm Invesco Perpetual about a private multi-billion pound deal to bring across his old stakes in the country's largest stocks, and avoid creating havoc in their share prices.

House prices continued to rise across the UK in May but there has been a slight slowdown in the rate of inflation compared to April, according to a survey by property analysts.

The UK economy is in good health, suggest two major business lobby groups, the CBI and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Wealth manager Investment Quorum's chief investment officer Peter Lowman cuts through the noise to pick out five trends that are informing his committee's decisions.