TIMES ONLINE: The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today left interest rates on hold at 0.5 per cent for the 14th month running.
It also left its £200 billion programme of quantitative easing unchanged.
The committee, whose decision has been delayed from last Thursday because of the general election, was widely expected to leave rates on hold despite a rise in inflation because jitters over Greece and the shape of any coalition government in Britain have left the economy in a fragile state. >>> Robert Lindsay | Monday, May 10, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Prepare for the age of austerity: The aftermath of the election has left us with very little certainty, except the sure knowledge that cuts are coming fast. >>> Rosie Murray-West | Monday, May 10, 2010
