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		<title>US interest rates rise</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Interest rates in the US have been increased as a signal that inflation is too high. Here at home, that has been deferred, at least by a month… to the relief of the Chancellor as rates on government borrowing also slipped a tad and off their recent peaks, though that is likely to be somewhat [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>‘Low key’ Spring Statement contained few surprises</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Chancellor’s Spring Statement did not contain a great deal we hadn’t already heard and no immediate prospects for economic growth. In a relatively low key affair, Rachel Reeves set out her latest update on the economy and restated plans to cut the welfare budget as well as making cuts to Government departments, as we [&#8230;]</p>
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