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Times MPC urges Bank to leave rates on hold

The newspaper’s panel of experts was unanimous that rates should be kept on hold at an historic low of 0.5 per cent

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

The inconvenient truth about climate change

Talks like those held at Copenhagen will continue to fail until we recognise that China is now in charge

Thrifty families ‘prolonging the recession’

The share of income saved in banks and building societies has risen to highest level in more than a decade, figures show

US stays out of recession despite output fall

World's largest economy reveals slower than expected GDP growth as the UK remains mired in the longest downturn in history

COMMENT: Darling's Christmas turkey

De-stocking takes the wind out of Britain's recovery but it could serve to lift the country out of recession by year end

UK stays in recession as output shrinks by 0.2%

Britain fails to claw its way out of longest downturn in history, leaving it trailing the world's leading economies

More house price rises seen despite squeeze

RICS says despite expected tightening next year the surge in demand for property will lead to an increase in sales

Exports to avert double-dip recession in Japan

Economists say exports to China and the central bank's 'war on deflation' may spare Japan from recession next year

CBI says more jobs pain is on the way in 2010

UK’s biggest employers’ group warns that, although the recession has ended, there is no sign of clear driver of growth

This year could have been a lot worse

Anything could have happened to the banking system, an even worse crisis was averted, for which credit is due to authorities

Skills target to fall short

The aim to match average EU growth rates is unlikely to be achieved in the wake of the downturn say advisers