Economics / Markets

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to hold fire on any changes to interest rates this month, but some members are growing increasingly concerned about inflation.

The FTSE 100 fell 0.16% to 5,774.29 in early trading, despite British Airways shares rising this morning.

Greece could be forced to reluctantly accept the agreed EU and IMF bailout package after its borrowing costs surged to fresh highs yesterday.

Fabrice Tourre - the bond trader at the heart of Goldman Sachs' fraud case - was on Tuesday barred from working in the City of London in the first 'victory' for financial regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.

A Liberal Democrat government would immediately set "non-negotiable" net lending targets for state-owned banks Lloyds and RBS.

Inflation rose to 3.4% in March, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The FTSE 100 opened positively, up 0.45% or 25.88 points to 5,753, despite food retailers dragging on the index.

Banks have warned they would be forced to halt lending to small businesses by tighter international regulations they say are being rushed in.

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The FTSE was down 10.1 points, or 0.17%, to 5733.95 in early trading as the volcanic ash concerns continued to hit travel firms.