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Mervyn King has claimed low capital requirements and inadequate limits on leverage have been the most "tragic" aspects of financial regulation.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has remained split three ways on interest rates, minutes of its latest meeting show.

Long-term low interest rates are damaging pensions and will cause another financial crash, Ros Altmann will tell the Bank of England (BoE) today.

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Mortgage rates have only fallen slightly despite record cuts in interest rates, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

Investors are braced for their dividend income to fall by 13% this year as Britain's quoted companies horde cash to ride out the recession, reports the Guardian.

As the housing market continues to struggle and the Bank of England Base Rate remains historically low, Matthew Wyles asks how long it will take for the economy to recuperate following these testing times.

New mortgage borrowers should avoid trackers and opt for a fixed rate deal instead, according to Bestinvest.

Three in four UK mortgage lenders have not passed on the Bank of England's full 0.5% base rate reduction to their variable rate customers.