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Lending figures published by the Building Societies Association and the British Bankers' Association have strengthened the case for hawks at the Monetary Policy Committee.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has again voted to maintain interest rates at their current level of 4.5%.

ONE OF THE City's most respected fund management activists has warned of the potential power of the new state pension fund envisaged in Lord Turner's proposals for reforming the retirement system, reports The Guardian .

Intelligent Finance (IF) and Halifax have reacted immediately to the rate cut announced by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) this lunchtime with predictions rates may fall again ringing in their ears.

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to lower interest rates by 0.25% to 4.5%.

APPROXIMATELY 200,000 investors in M&G unit trusts will soon see annual management fees jump by 50%, says this morning's Daily Telegraph .

INTEREST RATES ARE unlikely to move up again despite rising inflation because the Bank of England has been taken by surprise by the pace of falling high street sales, reports The Times

The Bank of England left its key base interest rate unchanged for a sixth consequtive month today, leaving the rate at 4.75%.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has today left the base rate unchanged at 4.75%.

MOST OF the national press are this morning are looking at yesterday's Bank of England base rate rise to 4.75%, but many comments suggest the Monetary Policy Committee shown have gone further to dampen economic inflation.