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Deep rate cuts forecast amid gloom

By Norma Cohen, Chris Cook and Ralph Atkins

Published: November 2 2008 23:21 | Last updated: November 2 2008 23:21

A growing number of economists are forecasting large interest-rate cuts as the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee and the European Central Bank’s governing council meet this week to consider the issue.

The ECB and Bank of England last month participated in a synchronised rate cut along with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada and the Swedish Riksbank, clipping interest rates by half a point.

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