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February figures come below forecast, providing relief to government
Traders forecast benchmark rate will settle at about 3.5%
Sterling rises after rate-setters warn it is too soon to conclude inflation is on firm downward path
...Additional reporting by Mary McDougall...
Bigger than expected fall allows Rishi Sunak to say he has met pledge to halve rate of price rises
World Bank warns some high-debt, low-income nations face ‘nightmare’ rolling over their bonds
...Additional reporting by Sam Fleming in London...
Yield on short-term British government debt falls to lowest level since June
Investors say countries will have to get used to higher interest bills as borrowing costs soar
European central bankers warn it is too soon to declare victory over inflation
Persistent price growth adds to pressure on Bank of England to hold interest rates at elevated levels for extended period
Officials say they would want to see companies cutting profit margins to be convinced inflation would fall sufficiently
...Additional reporting by Jim Pickard and Sam Fleming in London...
...Additional reporting by Mary McDougall Letter in response to this article: Expect more calls for rate cuts if pay and prices don’t pick up / From Richard Barwell, Head of Macro Research, BNP Paribas Asset...
...Mary Pakenham, an enduring friend, concurs with other voices when she detects in Ian not bristling machismo but a “somewhat feminine temperament”....
...Additional reporting by George Steer and Mary McDougall...
...This hesitancy reflects a desire by the Fed to safeguard its credibility by avoiding the need to reverse course if price pressures remain stubbornly high, a danger Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco...
...Additional reporting by Mary McDougall in London Data visualisation by Keith Fray Letter in response to this article: Letter: Lurches in money supply are proven British menace / From Juan Castañeda...
Member states fear US will not implement OECD agreement to make multinationals pay more tax
...Of course, the message you were supposed to take from Mary Poppins was to go fly a kite with your children....
...Additional reporting by Marton Dunai in Budapest and Mary McDougall in London...
...Additional reporting by Sam Fleming...
...“There is a big exodus coming from Canary Wharf at the moment,” said Richard Fleming, managing director at consultancy Alvarez & Marsal, which is working on the restructuring of a 12-storey tower in the...
...Mary Lou McDonald, president of Sinn Féin, said after the Northern Ireland elections that she believed a referendum on a united Ireland — a poll to be held on both sides of the border — “would be possible...
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