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Businesseurope Lobby: Business Can Cope With Rate Hike
paris -(dow jones)- european business can cope with an interest rate hike if it contributes to a quelling of inflation, ernest-antoine seillere, leader of europe-wide business organization businesseurope, said wednesday.
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Mcot English News : Central Bank Urged To Consider Raising Interest Rate With Caution
bangkok, july 3 (tna) – finance and deputy prime minister surapong suebwonglee on thursday reiterated the bank of thailand and its monetary policy committee consider any possible increase of the interest rate with caution.
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Mcot English News : Central Bank Likely To Raise Interest Rate To Curb Inflation
bangkok, july 2 (tna) – the bank of thailand (bot) is likely to raise the policy interest rate at its next meeting mid-month to cope with the country's rising inflation rate, according to a leading economic forecaster.
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Europe Round Up - Ecb Hikes Key Interest Rate; Services Pmi Declines
(rttnews) - thursday, the governing council of the european central bank raised its key interest rate as expected. the eurostat released retail sales data for may. indicating slowdown in activity, services pmi surveys for eurozone and uk declined in june.
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Site Comes Up Short On Interest Rate Promises
the claim: moneyaisle (moneyaisle.com), a web service, says it can help savers find the best interest rates by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business. all the accounts are federally insured up to $100,000.
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Ecb Raises Key Interest Rate To Seven-year High Of 4.25%
frankfurt: the european central bank raised its main interest rate by a quarter of a point to a seven-year high point of 4.25 percent on thursday to throttle record inflation in the 15-nation eurozone.
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Politicians Press Ecb To Weigh The Effects Of An Interest Rate Hike
markets are bracing for a eurozone interest rate hike thursday, with the european central bank tipped to resist pressure from politicians who want to it focus on spurring growth and not just on curbing inflation.
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Government Rethink On Interest Rate Policy
media release 3 july 2008. government rethink on interest rate policy. the new zealand manufacturers and exporters association (nzmea) supports the move by the government to change the way the reserve bank deals with inflation but stresses the need for action.
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Ecb Raises Key Rate To 4.25 Percent
wary of higher energy and commodity prices, the european central bank raised its benchmark interest rate thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent, a move it hopes will help curtail rising inflation in the 15 countries that use the euro.
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European Bonds Fall After Ecb Lifts Main Interest Rate To 4.25%
july 3 (bloomberg) -- european government bonds declined after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in a year to combat inflation and on speculation policy makers will signal more than one increase may be needed.
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Bank Indonesia Raises Key Interest Rate - Businessweek
the indonesian central bank increased its key one-month interest rate 25 basis points to 8.75 percent thursday to try to help control surging inflation ignited by recent government fuel hikes. "bank indonesia will continue to implement flexible ...
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Denmark Raises Interest Rates To 4.6 Pct - Businessweek
the danish central bank raised its key interest rate by one-quarter percentage point to 4.6 percent on thursday, hours after similar moves by the european central bank and sweden's central bank. "the interest rate increase is a consequence of the ...
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Treasury Prices Mixed As Rate Hike Seems Uncertain - Miami Herald
treasury bond prices were mixed thursday after reports showed that the economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month and that the services sector contracted in june. reports from the labor department and the institute for supply management indicated ...
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Economy: Record Inflation Prompts Eurozone Rate Increase - Guardian Unlimited
the european central bank raised interest rates in the 15-nation eurozone yesterday for the first time in 13 months to stem soaring inflation, despite mounting political opposition and increasing signs of a contracting european economy. the move was ...
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Dollar Down Despite Us Jobs Fall - News.com.au
the dollar opened weaker today as a fall in us payrolls failed to deter traders from expecting the us federal reserve to raise interest rates in 2008. at 7am aest, the dollar was trading at $us0.9603/09, down from yesterday's close of 0.9626/29 ...
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Employers Cut 62,000 Us Jobs, Sixth Straight Month Of Losses With Even ... - International Herald Tribune
washington : the united states lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in june, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's july fourth holiday for more than 60,000 americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future. weighed down by energy ...
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Uk Spending Power 'in Heavy Fall' - Bbc Business
uk consumer spending power has fallen "dramatically" due to a large rise in the cost of living, research by ernst & young suggests. the average household is 15% worse off than it was five years ago, the annual discretionary income study says. after ...
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Canada Dollar Slides, Ecb Comments Boost Greenback - Reuters Canada
toronto (reuters) - the canadian dollar fell versus a stronger u.s. dollar on thursday as the european central bank struck a less aggressive tone than expected on prospects for interest rate hikes this year, which triggered a rally in the greenback ...
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Gold Buckles Under Stronger Dollar - Reuters India
london (reuters) - gold retreated on thursday on a rising dollar, boosted by in-line u.s. jobs data and comments from the european central bank after its rate rise that were less hawkish than expected. gold was at $934.00/935.00 an ounce at 1420 gmt ...
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Delta, Expressjet Ditch Regional Pact - Boston Globe
new york (reuters) - delta air lines inc and expressjet holdings inc said on thursday they had ended the agreement under which expressjet provided delta with some regional flights. expressjet delta connection, chiefly operating out of ...
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