Bank must make 1% rate cut - Argonaut

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The Bank of England should cut interest rates by 1% to help the UK banking sector weather the credit crisis, according to Oliver Russ, fund manager of Argonaut European Income.

He says it is vital the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve make major cuts to interest rates to help prevent a recession. Russ has called on the Bank and the Fed to cut rates by 0.5% tomorrow, with a further cut of at least 0.25% in January or the crisis will worsen in the UK and could prompt a recession in the US. He says the US would be ‘very lucky’ to avoid recession, and says the knock-on effect would be very damaging to sectors such as materials and resources. He points out the UK is in a far worse condition to cope with the credit crisis compared with Continental Europe,...

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