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AN August interest rate rise looks almost certain after the Bank of England today decided to leave the cost of borrowing on hold and wait before taking more heat out of the housing market.
The monetary policy committee's widely predicted no-change vote spares millions of homeowners more mortgage pain after two successive increases in May and June to 4.5%. But analysts believe it will only be weeks before the MPC looks to tackle growing consumer debt and head off increasing inflationary pressure in the economy with another move.See the full content of this document
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Rates Frozen but August Rise Looks Near-Cert
Ciaran Barr at Deutsche Bank said: "We still...
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