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Interest rates ‘won't rise' until 2017 City traders believe interest rates, currently stuck at record lows, will remain at present levels following a further slump in oil prices and market volatility, the Sunday Times reports. The paper said just one week ago traders were betting the Bank of England would increase rates in autumn 2016. However, they now put the chances of that at just 45%, with many predicting it will eventually happen in February 2017. Interest rates have been fixed at 0.5% since March 2009 when they were dramatically reduced following the financial crisis. The paper...