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Bank of England leaves rates unchanged on back of weak data
Rates remain at 0.5%
Chances of a May rate hike by BoE falls to just 8%
'Any other decision would be a major surprise'
BoE holds rates but hints at hike 'over coming months'
Held rates at 0.25%
BoE keeps rates on hold; Ups 2017 inflation forecast to 2.7%
Downgrades GDP growth expectations
Three things your clients may call you about this week …
What made financial headlines over the weekend?
Carney backs City as the 'investment banker of Europe'
Follows Draghi comments of Brexit 'pain'
Half of mortgage lenders not passing on BOE interest rate cut
BOE cut base rate to 0.25%
Eight tips for picking a flexible drawdown product
Annuity income at 'all time low'
Bursting bubbles: Five ways to predict market danger
AJ Bell shares its tips
FTSE 100 hits 12-month high after BoE boost
First move in seven years
FTSE hits highest level since last August on rate cut hint; Prompts first negative gilt yield
Carney hinted at monetary easing in summer
Banking probe official takes permanent supervision role at FCA
Butler oversaw scrapped banking review
FCA concerned over its independence after Business Impact Target inclusion
Regulator was added to government's £10bn cost-cutting target
Interest rates left unchanged at 0.5% for 81st time
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted 8-1 to hold rates at 0.5%, predicting that inflation would stay below 1% until the second half of next year.
Three things clients may call you about this week...
Our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...
Sterling drops as BoE chief economist backs rate cut
Sterling slumped against the US dollar after the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane said the UK has an equal chance of seeing a rate cut as a rate hike, contrary to consensus expectations.
Will BoE be forced to cut rates this year?
The Bank of England may have to resort to the interest rate cut that Governor Mark Carney alluded to in his Inflation Report speech this morning, according to some market watchers.
Bank lending slows in March - BoE
Net lending to individuals increased by just £0.9bn in March, lower than both February's increase and the six-month average, according to Bank of England figures.
Ex-Credit Suisse brokers face 20 years jail - papers 4 Sep
Two former Credit Suisse brokers each face a $5m fine and up to 20 years in jail after being charged with fraudulently selling complex US securities to clients in order to boost their commissions, according to The Times.
MPC member attacks BoE's rate stance - papers 29 Aug
In an unprecedented move, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has criticised the Bank for complacency and "wishful thinking", predicting that two million people will be out of work by Christmas and that house prices will...
BoE deputy warns slowdown to ‘drag on' - papers 26 Aug
The economy is facing a period at "least as challenging" as the 1970s, when Britain sank into a deep recession, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, Charles Bean, warned yesterday, The Guardian reports.
Economic 'pain' set to continue - King
Inflation will peak at 5% in the coming months while economic growth will remain "flat" until well into next year, the Bank of England (BoE) predicted today.
Blanchflower says UK may be worse than US - papers 21 July
Britain's economy is tipping headlong into a recession that could last more than a year and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, warns Professor David Blanchflower, a member of the Bank of England's interest rate committee, in an interview with The Guardian...
FSA and BoE to get new powers in banking reform
Chancellor Alistair Darling has outlined plans for a new banking bill which will see the Bank of England (BoE) given powers for UK's financial stability along with added controls to the FSA.
