Teen pregnancy rates fall in Canada; decline is greater than in the U.S.: study
TORONTO – A new study on teen pregnancy finds the teen birth-abortion rate has fallen in Canada over a 10-year period, to a greater extent than in the United States and parts of the United Kingdom.
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Bank of England hold rates steady
The Bank of England has kept interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and refrained from any further asset purchases after finishing its monthly monetary policy meeting.
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Cape Wind project’s effect on rates stated
SPRINGFIELD – The added expenses associated with the Cape Wind project is $1.59 a month in 2013 for National Grid customers, according to papers the utility has filed with the state Department of Public Utilities.
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The fears over a declining housing sector were highlighted again this week with Bovis, one of the UK’s leading house builders calling on the Bank of England to cut interest rates to ease pressure on the beleaguered sector. Bovis CEO Malcolm Harris called for a 0. 75% cut in interest rates to 4. 5% [...]
Labour: No income tax rates rise
Labour’s manifesto will promise not to increase income tax rates – but there will be no such pledge on VAT, the BBC learns.
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The New Labour government, elected in 1997, has seen it as one of their core aims to reduce long term unemployment, particularly in deprived urban areas in the party’s heartlands. At the forefront of government policy to increase employment participation has been the New Deal. The Labour government’s policy did not break with [...]
BoE, ECB, Hold Rates, Watch Closely
By EconGrapher. The Bank of England in the UK announced its decision on the 8th of April to hold interest rates at 0.50% and keep the asset purchase programme unchanged at GBP 200 billion. Read more » »
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Bank of England holds interest rates before election
LONDON (AFP) – The Bank of England froze interest rates at a record low point on Thursday in its final decision before a general election on May 6, seeking to help the nation’s recovery from severe recession.
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Simon Read: Who wins when rates stay still?
It was a case of the dog that didn’t bark again this week when the Bank of England held interest rates at 0.5 per cent for the 13th month in succession. Experts predict that an interest rate rise is still months ahead but with an election just four [...]
King’s Influence May Spread Beyond Rates After U.K. Election
April 8 (Bloomberg) — Bank of England Governor Mervyn King ’s influence may spread beyond his remit of monetary policy and into politics after an election that opinion polls say will produce no clear winner.
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