The Bank of England’s latest quarterly inflation report will provide the economic highlight this week, while bookmaker Ladbrokes and retailer Thorntons are among those due to report on the London market.

Bank of England policymakers have been urged to hold their nerve on interest rates this week, despite continued inflationary pressures in the UK economy.

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address buoyed the London market today as investors cheered moves to support growth in the world's biggest economy.

The Bank of England is today expected to resist pressure to hike interest rates despite fears over surging inflation and commodity prices.

The Bank of England ended the year as it began today as it left its emergency support for the economy unchanged.

The Bank of England today chose not to follow US counterparts into another round of emergency measures to prop up the economic recovery.

The Bank of England is unlikely to follow the US in pumping further cash into the economy today, citing a recent run of positive data.

BRITAIN’S economy grew twice as fast as expected in the third quarter and ratings agency Standard and Poor’s lifted the threat of a credit downgrade, a boost for a government under fire over steep spending cuts.

The Bank of England maintained its emergency support for the UK economy today by keeping interest rates at 0.5% for the 18th month in a row.

The Bank of England is set to hold interest rates at record lows today amid lingering doubts among rate-setters over a sustained recovery for the fragile UK economy.

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King today warned that a sustained UK recovery was still uncertain despite the economy's recent stellar growth.

The UK economy roared ahead with its fastest growth in more than four years between April and June, official estimates showed today.

The FTSE 100 rose more than 1% today as markets were cheered by strong US corporate results and a major acquisition at home.

June's High street summer sales and falling petrol costs in the UK failed to dispel worries over a lingering inflation threat today.

Inflation and unemployment figures and the annual meetings of British Airways and Marks & Spencer should make up for a quiet results schedule on the London market this week.

The Bank of England put protecting a fragile UK recovery ahead of inflation fears today as it left interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5%.

The latest Bank of England rates meeting takes place this week amid growing signs of dissent after a shock vote by one policymaker to hike borrowing costs.

Worries over a double-dip recession caused by savage belt-tightening across major economies have given Bank of England rate-setter Adam Posen sleepless nights, he admitted today.

The FTSE 100 Index lost ground for the second session in a row today after US home sales plunged to a record low during May.

Inflation in the UK should fall back from April's 17-month high when official figures on the cost of living for May are published today.