Article: PLANK OF ENGLAND; Fury as George hikes interest rates to 7.5%; MAY 6 1997; 6.25%; JUNE 6 1997; 6.5%; JULY 10 1997; 6.75%; AUGUST 7 1997; 7%; NOV 6 1997; 7.25%; JUNE 4 1997; 7.5%.(News)

Article: Bank is urged not to put up interest rates.(Business)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  April 17, 2003 ;     141 words ......avoid raising interest rates next month...the monetary policy committee must not raise interest rates in May despite...The monetary policy committee should listen...committee that interest rates need to be...

Article: Interest rates likely to drop to lowest level since 1694 as Bank battles to stimulate UK's worsening economy; But zero rates had little success for Japan in '90s.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 8, 2009 ;     564 words ...Byline: Tomos Livingstone INTEREST rates are likely to be cut to...cards. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has cut rates from...economy in the 1990s with 0% interest rates, with little success. Prime...zero. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee has already given ...

Article: Call for cut as MPC keeps interest rates on hold
The Scotsman;  April 11, 2003 ;     332 words ......a quarter-point cut in interest rates in four weeks after the...deliberation, the monetary policy committee decided to leave interest rates untouched. The cost of...immediately called for interest rates to be chopped when the...good as convinced that interest ...

Article: Business Comment: Equity markets' amber gamble on interest rates
The Scotsman;  June 26, 2002 ;     388 words ......of England's monetary policy committee should raise interest rates will rumble on until a...assume that a rise in interest rates on either side of the...strategists see a rise in interest rates as a clear sign from monetary...

Article: Yorkshire call for cut in interest rates
Yorkshire Post;  April 9, 2008 ;     438 words ......immediate cut in interest rates of a quarter percent...Yorkshire Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, made up of the region...how any change to interest rates would affect the...England monetary policy committee tomorrow when it...any small cut in interest ...

Article: Interest rates expected to hit a record low of 0.5% tomorrow; The MPC is also likely to vote to print more money.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 4, 2009 ;     596 words ......FURTHER action on interest rates will be taken by...The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee starts its two-day...England will cut interest rates by a further 50 basis...case for cutting interest rates by 100 basis points...

Article: Britain's interest rates to remain unchanged
Xinhua News Agency;  January 8, 2004 ;     232 words ...Britain's interest rates to remain unchanged...Thursday to keep interest rates unchanged after...bank's Monetary Policy Committee which voted to...been no change in interest rates since November...on the Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest ...

Article: Interest rates due to hold until May
Scotland on Sunday;  March 5, 2000 ;     361 words ...INTEREST rates are strongly tipped to...Bank of England's monetary policy committee frets over the effect of...by a pause for breath on interest rates. The Bank of Scotland's...wait until May to raise interest rates again, though a desire...sooner. The upside is that ...

Article: Interest rates likely to stay at same level
The Northern Echo;  January 9, 2003 ;     152 words ......gland's Monetary Policy Committee is today...will keep interest rates at four per...Monetary Policy Committee to implement a cut in interest rates this week...expect cuts in interest rates in the first...

Article: Gloucestershire businesses say a cut in interest rates is needed.
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  October 7, 2008 ;     458 words ...A Cut in interest rates of at least a...England's Monetary Policy Committee meets on Thursday...England to cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent...England Monetary Policy Committee, indicated interest...for a cut in interest rates at the MPC ...

Article: Scotsman's wise men push for rise in interest rates to forestall inflation
The Scotsman;  May 5, 2004 ;     442 words ......Scotsman's shadow monetary policy committee has called on the Bank of England to hike interest rates this week to 4.25...Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold at 1 per...decision to hold US interest rates at their current...

Article: Steady Eddie slammed for lack of direction over interest rates.
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 16, 1998 ;     307 words ......Bank of England's monetary policy committee has been slammed for its...about whether to increase interest rates for the second month. The...his casting vote to keep interest rates unchanged in the March meeting...signal from the Bank that interest rates had reached ...

Article: Bank policy committee expected to leave interest rates on hold
Yorkshire Post;  November 5, 2007 ;     193 words ......are unlikely to benefit from lower interest rates this week as the economy remains...of England's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) begins its two-day meeting...Wednesday with most economists expecting interest rates to be held at 5.75 per cent for...before deciding on the ...

Article: FOCUS: INTEREST RATE RISE: Who wins, who loses? The Bank of England raised interest rates for the third time in five months last week. We ask what it means in homes and businesses across the country
The Independent - London;  January 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ......last week. Its Monetary Policy Committee raised interest rates a quarter point to 5.75...always benefit from higher interest rates. There are always more...better a small rise in interest rates now than a big one later...