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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 18th consecutive month.

9 September 2010

Nearly one million people who did not pay enough income tax have had their repayment demands written off, it emerged today.

9 September 2010

Interest rates could rise to 8% by 2012 if inflation gets out of control, a think tank has warned.

23 August 2010

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 17th consecutive month.

5 August 2010

Savers who want to gamble on interest rates rising can open bonds that track the Bank of England base rate.

30 July 2010

A shortage of buyers sent house prices falling in July for the first time since February, figures show today.

29 July 2010

Thousands of mortgage holders are facing huge rises in their monthly repayments due to a banking error.

21 July 2010

Record price-slashing by retailers in the sales season and falling petrol costs helped bring down inflation in June.

13 July 2010

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 16th consecutive month.

8 July 2010

The UK's biggest mortgage lender has announced it is scrapping its ultra-low standard variable rate for new borrowers.

28 May 2010

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