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    <description>Is that it? That was my reaction as I stood at the back of the House of Lords with other MPs listening to the Queen's Speech</description>
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    <description>The first phase of the recession is coming to a close. Very soon we will have to face the really serious questions about whether and how we can recover</description>
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    <description>The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates steady this week for the first time since September, as it continues its £75 billion asset-buying programme to get the economy out of recession</description>
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    <description>THE Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has cut interest rates by half a per cent, down to an historic low of 1.5 per cent</description>
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    <description>The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1% as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession</description>
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    <description>Mortgage bills for hundreds of thousands of London homeowners are set to be slashed again this week</description>
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    <description>A cut in interest rates in time for Christmas has become a virtual certainty</description>
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    <description>Banks have increased interest rates on millions of credit and debit cards even as the cost of borrowing plunged to a 53-year low, according to a report</description>
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    <title>This rate cut helps but it won’t solve our problems</title>
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    <description>Even if the banks pass on today’s shock 1.5 per cent cut to homeowners, it will take time to benefit the real economy. But it might raise morale</description>
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    <description>Inflation soared to a new record in September after gas and electricity price hikes, official figures show</description>
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    <description>For goodness sake, get on with it. That is the clamour today from a City, from a public that, frankly, cannot take much more</description>
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    <description>Business leaders and economists pleaded for an immediate half point cut in interest rates to stave off a recession</description>
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    <description>The Bank of England has delivered another blow to homeowners by keeping interest rates on hold again</description>
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    <description>London homeowners have been dealt a devastating triple whammy of bad news as confidence in the housing market continues to crumble</description>
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    <description>Even after an interest rate cut yesterday, some banks put up their mortgage rates. The MPC and the Government need to take far more drastic action</description>
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    <description>Millions of homeowners have been warned they face higher mortgage bills amid predictions the cheap credit era is over</description>
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