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Times MPC calls for up to £50bn more

Seven of the nine committee members believe that the Government should expand its £175 billion quantitative easing

Bank urged to punish high-street lenders

Times monetary policy committee says interest rate should be cut on 'socially useless' cash held in Threadneedle Street

Panel tells Bank to halt money printing

Signs of recession ending should lead Bank of England to put on hold its campaign to combat the slump, Times panel says

Times MPC : The August verdict

The Times panel votes eight to one in favour of the Bank of England keeping quantitative easing on hold

Times MPC urges Bank to suspend new money scheme

Majority of The Times panel recommend that the Bank hold off extending quantitative easing - but only temporarily

'Halt money-printing scheme for now'

The majority of The Times MPC advise the Bank of England to pause in its ground-breaking efforts to jump-start growth

The Times MPC: The July Verdict

The Times' nine member panel explain what the Bank of England's best move will be in July to help economic recovery

Bank of England expected to hold interest rates

As the Monetary Policy Committee meets this week, an extension of 'quantitative easing' is expected to take centre stage

New business boosts UK's economic 'engine room'

As the Chancellor prepares the Pre-Budget Report, Britain's services sector records its seventh month of growth

Blanchflower attacks King over secret loan

Former rate-setting panel member accuses the Bank of England Governor of keeping the rest of the MPC in the dark

OFT in new fight as builders challenge fines

Competition regulator faces another costly legal battle after 25 construction companies contested bid-rigging penalties

Qatar has high hopes for UK property market

The state rises above the Gulf crisis as its central bank governor gives his seal of approval to the £2 billion Shard

Economists reject Treasury forecasts

Alistair Darling may revise his forecasts in next week’s Pre-Budget Report but this would undermine spending and tax plans

Housebuilding eases UK construction slowdown

Outlook for Britain's building trade remains gloomy but a rise in the residential sector offsets commercial activity

UK on the mend, says BoE's chief economist

Spencer Dale plays down his dissenting vote on quantitative easing, saying plan helped to rescue the economy

Manufacturing continues growth, but slower

Although growth continued for new orders and production last month, it did so more slowly than in October

A radical remedy to property boom and bust

Adam Pose, of MPC, proposes that capital gains tax and stamp duty be increased in line with house price inflation

Defiant state fails to quell investors' fears

Dubai's ruler has accused foreign markets of overreacting to the Gulf state's debt crisis, saying 'they do not understand'