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Norway rates should stay high, says OECD

Norway’s central bank should continue tightening monetary policy despite the global financial squeeze, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recommended

Call for central bank harmony in crises

Emergency help provided by the world’s central banks should be better harmonised to stop large financial groups shopping around in future for the best deal, the head of Switzerland’s central bank has urged

Enduring stability attests to Swiss repute

The nation’s central banker says conditions have not worsened

Bleak UK forecast sends pound lower

Sterling plunged against the euro and the dollar as the Bank of England gave its bleakest economic assessment for more than a decade and financial markets priced in a series of interest rate cuts

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