Rate decision to spur April rise - papers 5th March

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EXPERTS PREDICT interest rates will rise in four week's time after the Bank of England yesterday decided to keep borrowing costs on hold at 4%, says the Scotsman.

According to a majority of the paper's 'shadow monetary policy committee', a quarter-point hike could be expected when the BoE next meets on April 7-8. The Scotsman panel believes house price growth and continuing consumer spending in the past month had made an April increase possible. WHILE YESTERDAY'S rate announcement came as a relief for British businesses, the President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet last night faced harsh criticism from his fellow European leaders after he rejected demands for lower interest rates. The Times reports Trichet and his 17 coll...

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