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Factory prices shock

09.10.09
Concerns over inflation resurfaced today after a shock rise in prices at the factory gate ... more

Comment: Why it’s so hard to tell what’s coming next

25.08.09
Economists have been surprised by the depth of the recession, the resilience of inflation, the scale of monetary easing and the way Government borrowing has risen... more

City shock as inflation blip hints at early rate rises

18.08.09
The City was wrong-footed again by shock figures showing inflation remained stubbornly above expectations last month... more

City 'experts' are left looking foolish by huge dive

24.07.09
City economists scrambling to rewrite forecasts for the year after a shocking decline in second-quarter output that none of them managed to predict... more

Recession ‘will be the worst since Second World War’

20.07.09
Hopes of economic recovery in the UK are “running ahead of reality”, a leading think-tank warned today as it forecast the deepest recession since the end of the Second World War... more

City shocked as Bank pulls back from printing money

09.07.09
The Bank of England shocked City investors as it turned off the printing presses on its so-called quantitative easing programme ... more

Rally in services sector hits a hitch

03.07.09
The fragile state of the UK economy was underlined today after the recovery in the services sector stalled ... more

Consumers expect inflation to rise, says Bank survey

11.06.09
The British public expects inflation to pick up again in the coming year ... more

Mortgages boost eases business loans gloom

02.06.09
Mortgage approvals rose again in April but lending to businesses fell by almost £5 billion as firms continued to feel the squeeze ... more

Alphabet soup that can spell how the recession is shaping up

12.05.09
Hopes that the worst of the recession may have passed have fuelled talk about what form the recovery will take when it finally comes ... more

Soros leads growing chorus of 'green shoots' optimists

11.05.09
Hopes rose that the economy would soon be in recovery mode after a flurry of positive predictions from pundits including billionaire investor George Soros... more

Soros: we are on road to recovery at last

11.05.09
Investment guru George Soros said that the worst of the global recession is over... more

How the experts are seeing it

24.04.09
A long way to go before we get back to positive growth... more

Analysts warn ‘it’s going to be horrible’ with the fall-out

23.01.09
City economists warn of growing fears that Britain is heading for a “horrible” Thirties-style Depression that will blight a generation... more

House prices 'will drop for another two years'

23.12.08
The property market collapse still has two years to run and will not bottom out until prices are 35 per cent below their peak, a leading City forecaster warned... more

This is just a storm before the hurricane

23.12.08
The statistics of this recession - for that is what it is regardless of whether or not the Whitehall wonks have officially declared it - are starting to look truly mind-blowing.... more

Battered sterling tumbles towards parity with euro

05.12.08
Sterling is on course for its worst week ever against the European single currency, raising the prospect of a one pound euro... more

Pound keeps plummeting as zero-rate is predicted

04.12.08
The pound continued its relentless slide as traders bet on UK interest rates falling all the way to zero... more

Hint of more rate cuts as King backs Darling

25.11.08
Budget report: The Bank of England has backed the Government's £20 billion gamble to save the economy but hinted that further cuts in interest rates are still needed... more

Bank tipped to cut rates as deflation risk looms

25.11.08
Banking: The City is betting on another deep cut in interest rates as Britain faces up to a dangerous bout of deflation... more

Pressure on for big rate cut as slump gets worse

05.11.08
Bank of England urged to slash interest rates as the UK economy sinks deeper into recession... more

Pound falls to five-year low as Bank plans to cut rates again

22.10.08
The looming recession sent the pound crashing to its lowest level in more than five years... more

Bank must cut interest rate this week, say economists

06.10.08
City economists say an emergency half-point cut in interest rates is now essential when the Bank of England makes its decision on Thursday... more

Home loan approvals fall to new record low

01.09.08
The housing market plunges deeper into the abyss after mortgage lending crashed to a record low... more

Headache over rates as inflation hits highest since 1992

12.08.08
The Bank of England was today given a splitting headache after inflation soared to a shocking 4.4%... more

Bonfire of the building jobs

09.07.08
Two more leading housebuilders have announced job losses - taking the total to 5,000 in a week... more

Shock inflation jump puts paid to chances of a rate cut

13.05.08
Homeowners dealt another blow as shock jump in inflation all but rules out a cut in interest rates next month... more

High street hit by rising costs, falling spending

15.04.08
Fears of a high street meltdown grew today as figures showed stores caught in a deadly squeeze between rising costs and weak consumer spending... more

Lenders lift their rates despite cut by the Bank

10.04.08
Two of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders defy BoE by raising interest rates hours before cut... more

Bank crisis hits home loans

18.03.08
The number of first-time buyers forced to find 25 per cent deposits has soared to a 30-year high because of the global credit crunch... more

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