Should interest rates go up?
Tony Dolphin challenges Oliver Kamm’s argument in The Times today that the Bank of England should increase interest rates immediately.
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Falling confidence hits housing market
Latest figures from the Halifax show house prices in the UK fell by 3.6 pc in September. The average UK house is now valued at £162,096 according to the bank.
Economic update – October 2010
Although the UK economy grew rapidly in the second quarter (GDP rose by 1.2%) the composition of growth was a little disappointing, reports ippr’s Tony Dolphin.
Brogan wrong to credit Osborne with lowering interest rates
Ben Brogan, reporting comments by Conservative MP and former George Osborne advisor Matthew Hancock, has argued that the Coalition’s fiscal policies have lowered interest rates; here we show he is wrong.