Smash Hit

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

The Times MPC: The June verdict

The Times' panel of experts gives its views on the Bank of England's rate decision for June

The Times MPC: The May verdict

The Times' panel of experts gives its views on the Bank of England's rate decision for May

Brown sparks fresh row over 'Tobin tax' for banks

All banks could share crisis pain as Gordon Brown stuns G20 with backing for tax on financial deals around the globe

US unemployment highest for 26 years

The data is being watched closely as economists ponder whether America can sustain recovery without government stimuli

Gold hits high as investors seek out safe haven

The metal became the investment of choice as concern mounted about the global economy after a rise in US unemployment

Bailouts will push public debt to 160% of GDP

The ONS has confirmed that the liabilities of RBS and Lloyds would probably add £1,500 billion to the country’s debt

Mandelson demands innovation from Europe

The Business Secretary called for the European Commission to take a more proactive role in funding industry and innovation

Mandelson is the push UK industrial policy needs

In a speech to Bruegel, a Brussels think-tank, he talked about an “activist government” that would invest in innovation

Darling to warn G20 against complacency

Britain and the United States are set to unite at the meeting around the theme that the global stimulus must continue

Bankruptcies soar to highest since Sixties

Rise in insolvencies in England and Wales is fuelled by increase in debt relief orders, streamlined bankruptcy for poorest

Chancellor says world must keep spending

Speaking ahead of the G20 meeting in St Andrews Alistair Darling warns countries not to be 'complacent' about recovery

US jobless rate surpasses 10% to hit 26-year high

US employers cut a further 219,000 jobs in October, leaving Americans waiting for evidence the recession is over