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BoE's Sentance Sees Inflation Risks on Both Sides: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England needs to balance upward pressures on inflation stemming from higher energy costs with downward pressures should the economic slowdown prove prolonged, according to policymaker Andrew Sentance. In a paper published in the World Economic Journal, Sentance warns...; Tags: Inflation, BoE, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Andrew Sentance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-10
Government Cuts Income Taxes: By Sumeet Desai and David Clarke LONDON (Reuters UK) - The embattled government trimmed income taxes for 22 million people on Tuesday, as soaring food and fuel bills sent inflation rocketing and dented hopes for more interest rate cuts soon. Higher household bills are creating a...; Tags: Income, Income Tax, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Government, Taxes, Markets, Tax; News items 2008-05-13
Fed's Hoenig Warns of Inflation's Corrosive Impact: By Ros Krasny DENVER (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve must be ready to raise benchmark interest rates in a timely manner given the "troublesome" inflation outlook, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig said on Tuesday. "If inflation gets too high, the economy will...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, Federal Open Market Committee, Kansas City, Denver, business investment, housing market, president, financial market, interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank, pricing strategy, financial, environment; News items 2008-05-06
Inflation Leaps to 3 Percent in April: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Soaring food and fuel bills pushed up the inflation rate by its biggest amount in nearly six years to 3 percent, figures showed on Tuesday which will likely further dent hopes of interest rate cuts. The Office for National Statistics said consumer...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Cpi, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-13
ECB Keeps Interest Rates at 4 Percent: ATHENS (Reuters UK) - The European Central Bank kept benchmark interest rates unchanged at 4.0 percent on Thursday, as expected, as policymakers weigh the risk of high inflation against concerns about euro zone economic growth. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet will present the Governing Council's latest...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, ECB, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs, Policymaker; News items 2008-05-08

RBA Worried Inflation Will Lift Wages: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has not ruled out raising interest rates again if high inflation sparks an acceleration in wages growth.To the relief of home buyers, the central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a 12-year high of 7.25 per cent at Tuesday's monthly board...; Tags: Interest Rate, Salary, Inflation, RBA, March, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
RBA Leaves Rates Unchanged at 7.25%: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold on Tuesday at a near 12-year high of 7.25 per cent but the central bank governor has hinted that rising terms of trade would add to inflationary pressures.The RBA decision was announced on the same day the Australian...; Tags: Bank, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
RBA Expects Inflation to Rise Further: Australia's central bank says the current level of interest rates is appropriate but it still expects inflation to be high in the short term.In its quarterly statement on monetary policy the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) jacked up its consumer price index forecast for 2008 by a full percentage...; Tags: Inflation, RBA, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-09
BoE Leaves UK Rates at 5 Percent, Cut Seen Next Month: By Sumeet Desai LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept British interest rates at 5.0 percent on Thursday but analysts say a slowing economy will force it to cut borrowing costs next month, even though inflation is heading higher. House prices are...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, Bank of England, policymaker, slowing economy, consumer confidence, interest rate, housing market, economist, Britain, London, Thomson Reuters Corp., advisor, finance, analyst, leadership, food, bank, financial; News items 2008-05-08
Service Sector Stagnates in April: By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters UK) - Growth in the services sector all but dried up in April, sliding to a five year low as companies struggled against the sharpest rate of cost inflation on record, a survey showed on Tuesday. The pound fell and interest...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, Service Sector, Services Sector, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-06
Bank Faces Inflation Headache as Growth Slows: By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters UK) - New Bank of England economic forecasts on Wednesday will probably have a hawkish tinge despite a slowing economy, and may signal whether interest rate cuts risk drying up following some diabolical inflation data. The Bank's crystal ball has warned...; Tags: Bank, Inflation, Markets, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-13
Rates to Hold Despite High Inflation: Mortgage borrowers are widely tipped to escape another interest rate rise this month as slower consumer spending takes the pressure off the highest core inflation rate in more than 16 years.Only one of the 19 economists surveyed by AAP has forecast an interest rate rise at the Reserve Bank...; Tags: Economist, Inflation, Mortgage Borrower, RBA, March, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-02
Inflation, Rate Fears Push Wall St to Lower Close: NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with all three major indexes down more than 1 percent, on concerns about inflation and higher interest rates as oil jumped to a record above $123 a barrel. Based on the latest available...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial Planning, inflation, interest rate, Nasdaq Composite Index, S&P 500, DJIA, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-07
Fed Lowers U.S. Rates and Hints Cuts May Be at End: By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The Federal Reserve lowered U.S. interest rates by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday, as expected, and hinted the move could be the last in a series meant to buffer the economy from a credit crunch and...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs, US; News items 2008-04-30
Bank Leaves Rates at 5 Percent: By Sumeet Desai LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England kept interest rates at 5.0 percent on Thursday but analysts say a slowing economy will force it to cut borrowing costs next month, even though inflation is heading higher. House prices are falling, consumer confidence...; Tags: Bank, Economy, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-08
Blanchflower Says BoE Must Act to Prevent Recession: By Christina Fincher EDINBURGH (Reuters UK) - Britain faces a real risk of recession and house prices could crash by more than 30 percent unless the Bank of England takes "aggressive" action, policy-maker David Blanchflower said on Tuesday. In direct contrast to Bank of England Governor...; Tags: U.K., Bank Of England, Inflation, Blanchflower, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-29
Rexam Says Q1 as Expected: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Rexam (REX), the world's biggest drinks can maker, said its full-year trading outlook was unchanged as it said on Thursday first-quarter results were in line with its expectations, based on constant currency rates. Rexam, like other British companies with hefty international...; Tags: Foreign-exchange, Rexam, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Food & Beverage, Finance, Manufacturing, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-01
FTSE Weighed Down By Gloomy Data: By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters UK) - Blue-chip shares ended Tuesday's session in modestly negative territory, as grim economic data and writedowns at Alliance & Leicester (ALLL) hit banks, while fresh merger chatter buoyed the mining sector. The FTSE 100 fell 8.7 points to 6,211.9points,...; Tags: Bank, Alliance, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Blount International Inc., Cairn Energy Plc., HBOS Plc., Royal Dutch Shell Plc.; News items 2008-05-13
Bank of England Set to Hold Rates: By Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England looks more likely to leave interest rates on hold rather than cut them later on Thursday, but a stream of dismal data over recent days has made the decision a close call. Only five of...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, Bank Of England, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-05-07
Consumer Confidence Falls to 5-year Low: By Burton Frierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence among U.S. consumers fell to a five-year low in April as they confronted the grimmest jobs outlook since late 2004 and they expect inflation to rival the levels last seen in the early 1980s, the...; Tags: Corporate governance, Sales strategy, Federal Reserve Board, board, survey, consumer confidence, New York, conference, job, Thomson Reuters Corp., sales; News items 2008-04-29