Interest rates market outlook: March 2010 0

Finance | Ian Buss | 9 Mar 2010

The Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to postpone its asset purchase programme at £200bn was widely expected, but it left the door open for more quantitative easing should economic conditions warrant it.

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The percentage of charities which would recommend their accounting software supplier to another charity is at an all-time high of 78 per cent, in this year's Charity Accounting Software Survey.

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The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, as expected, left interest rates on hold at 0.5 per cent at its January meeting and deferred its decision on whether to expand the asset purchase programme...

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Gareth Jones reports on another month of decent but unspectacular returns for the Charity 250 Index.

Gareth Jones looks at how a strong increase in grants and fees has masked a fall in voluntary income.

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