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Economists warn of ballooning borrowing - More dire news on the nation's creaking finances today sparked warnings that annual public borrowing could balloon to £120bn within three years



Economists warn of ballooning borrowing  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
More dire news on the nation's creaking finances today sparked warnings that annual public borrowing could balloon to £120bn within three years
Two million face trap of negative equity  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Collapsing house prices are plunging 60,000 homeowners a month into negative equity, putting the country on course for a worse crisis than the Nineties property crash
Market report: Monday latest  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
10.30:Standard Chartered may have weathered the storm in the global banking system so far, but there are still clouds on the horizon
Mortgages dive as market stagnates  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lending took a further tumble in September down 42% in 12 months to the lowest level for three-and-a-half years
Spending won't stop the slump, warns City  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The City today warned that Government plans to spend its way out of the economic crisis would not stave off a deep and painful recession
Tories: 1p cut in national insurance to help firms  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
David Cameron today urged an immediate 1p cut in national insurance for small firms to save jobs at risk in the credit crunch
ING in £7bn Dutch bailout  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
ING, the Dutch savings bank with more than one million customers in the UK, has tied up a bailout deal worth more than £7bn
Estate agents sell for free  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
A chain of London estate agents is offering to waive its fee on any property sold before the end of the year
House sales doubled after Lehman collapse  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of homes for sale in some London boroughs doubled in the week of 'Meltdown Monday' as bankers tried to sell off houses
Paramount stops two films as crunch bites  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Paramount Pictures has delayed two major movies as fears grow that even Hollywood may not be immune to the crisis gripping financial markets
Morrisons trims petrol prices by a further 2p  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Morrisons today announced a further cut in the price of fuel, taking the supermarket's unleaded petrol to 97.9p a litre and its diesel to 109.9p
Banks urged to pass on rate cuts as inflation peaks  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain could suffer a Seventies-style recession if banks fail to pass on interest rate cuts, economic experts said today
Warning: Economy set to shrink until 2010  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The first official signs that Britain is in recession will be announced this week, with Government figures showing the economy shrinking for the first time since the dark days of 1992
RBS insurance arm to be sold for £6bn  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The bailout of Royal Bank of Scotland may shrink dramatically if RBS can pull off a last minute deal to offload its insurance operation for £6bn
Norwich Union windfalls in doubt  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Norwich Union may abandon plans to pay windfalls to its policyholders after the stock market slide slashed the value of its spare capital
Bizarre battering of insurers  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Bank blunder left me with £135,000 overdraft  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Watchdog may finally grow some teeth  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Hotel Britannia's feather beds  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: So little choice over Santander  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]
If Rock is the future we may long for the past  [10/20/2008 01:17 PM]