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Expectations had been for a slowdown in UK inflation, but prices jumped for food and drinks. (File)London: British annual inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February despite central bank efforts to tame…
The hike was less than in November when it lifted borrowing costs by 0.75 percentage points.(File)London: The Bank of England on Thursday hiked its interest rate by half a point…
A look at where policymakers stand in the race to contain red-hot inflation.The Federal Reserve this week delivered its biggest interest rate rise in over a quarter of a century…
Rate hikes by US Federal Reserve and other central banks may impact global economyIt is not only the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which has hiked key rates twice in…
European Central Bank is expected to announce rate hikes to fight rising inflationFRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) will pull the plug on years of stimulus on Thursday and signal…
Bank of England is mulling its own digital currency to compete with cryptocurrenciesA central bank digital currency (CBDC) would not pose too big a challenge for the Bank of England’s…
Cryptoassets are largely unregulated as they fall outside the regulatory ‘perimeter’.London: The Bank of England on Thursday began sketching out Britain’s first regulatory framework for cryptoassets, saying that although the…
Banks in EU want some of the rules eased, but Britain will not water down the rulesBank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Thursday he would front-run global…
Alan Turing received criminal conviction in 1952 for being gay and died less than two years later.London: A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan…