The Chancellor took the opportunity to blast Labour's finance plans, during the FSB conference in Birmingham.
EXCLUSIVE: Altmann tells IBTimes UK the move would 'send the wrong message' to savers.
Yellen said that US rates may not reach long term 'normal' levels for some time.
But the shadow chancellor claims his budget would have been less 'nasty'.
Osborne delivered a confident budget but his bank levy raise will be keenly felt.
Chancellor unveils higher bank levy in 2015 budget which claims will raise £4.4bn.
The Labour leader made the allegations after Osborne gave his budget speech in the Commons.
Osborne described it as a 'radically more flexible ISA'.
The chancellor said the reduction would pay for a cut in tuition fees to £6,000 a year.
It's half what the bank paid out last year.
The Office for National Statistics says the job rate hit 73.3% in the three months to January.
George Osborne has unveiled a £1 coin ahead of the budget speech
Thousands of protesters clash with riot police near new European Central Bank building in Frankfurt.
The Treasury says the new system can be accessed through PCs, smartphones and iPads.
George Osborne's big announcement is expected at 12.30pm after Prime Minister's Questions.
Poll reveals 65% businesses believe banks not lending as much as they should to smaller firms.
Nintendo stock sees a rise of over 30% following mobile games and announcement and reveal of new hardware.
Darkcoin to change name to DASH - digital cash - to "better represent" its platform.
According to leaked Treasury papers, new scheme would 'most likely benefit high income and wealthier households'.
Ten biggest banks only make quarter of revenue from the real economy and rely heavily on financial system.
The USA and Russia are still the biggest exporters by some distance.
Group of three companies agrees to buy GE's Australia and New Zealand financial services unit.
Expect over 20,000 investment bankers to haemorrhage from RBS, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse.
The financial aspect of the deal is rumoured and has not been disclosed.
TSB takeover talks ongoing less than a year after it split from Lloyds.
Harvard was ranked first in the Times Higher Education's World Reputation Rankings.
Credit Suisse could cut staff from investment banking arm and shift focus to private banking.
Kantar Worldpanel has recorded deflation at 1.6%.
An FCA review 12 months down the line found 'serious non-compliance' at all the firms investigated.
Brady Dougan to stand down after eight years as head of Credit Suisse.