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European markets open mixed as traders await interest rate announcements from ECB and BoE.

Halifax House Price Index reports 1.9 percent rise in three months to January and first annual increase in 27 months.

String of improving figures support claims Britain will escape triple dip but economic growth remains stagnant.

Chancellor will tell banks in speech at JP Morgan that lenders that flout new ring fence rules will be broken up.

More policies like The Funding for Lending Scheme could provide a genuine boost to Britain, says Shane Croucher.

January house prices improve 0.5 percent after flat reading in December

Funding for Lending Scheme starts to show results in mortgage market in December.

Ipsos Mori poll shows pessimism over UK economy alive and well among Britons.

Treasury Select Committee says Autumn Statement has become second full budget but should just be review.

FTSE 100 passes 6,300 mark for the first time since May of 2008 as pound falls to 14-month low against the euro.

Chancellor Osborne insists austerity is only way to recover public finances despite prospect of intensified downturn in UK economy.

Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney says stimulus measures must remain in place to take UK economy out of danger zone.

European banks repay nearly a third of emergency ECB loans after German business sentiment rises for a third consecutive month

David Cameron, George Osborne and Mervyn King have placed an all-in bet on Britain's economic future, says IBTimes Business Editor Martin Baccardax.

ONS preliminary data shows -0.3 percent contraction of UK economy in fourth quarter of 2012.

Triple-dip recession looms as ONS preliminary data says UK economy contracted 0.3 percent in 2012's fourth quarter.

Incoming governor reassures after ex-MPC member Adam Posen attacks Mervyn King's dominance in monetary policymaking.

Monetary Policy Committee meeting showing preference for Funding for Lending Scheme to stimulate UK economy.

Traders positive as technology majors Google and IBM post better-than-expected quarterly results.

Bank of England's Trends in Lending report blames lack of demand, not credit availability, for fall in three months to November.

Ernst & Young predicting just 0.9 percent growth in 2013 for UK economy.

The Markit Household Finance Index for January indicates overall improvement in house finances rather than deterioration.

Consumer demand remains elusive as investors turn on sterling amid bets of a new round of support from the Bank of England.

Sir Mervyn King tells MPs Goldman Sachs' delay of bonus payments until after tax drop "clumsy and lacking in care".

ONS reports third successive month of UK CPI inflation at 2.7 percent.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors forecasts pick-up in prices.

Draft policy for FPC outlines focus on capital requirement powers to stop credit bubble.

Markets upbeat as Japan announces fresh stimulus measures while Chinese economic outlook remains strong.

Britain's FTSE 100 holds near May 2008 high as Tesco Christmas sales figures boost benchmark.

ONS will maintain RPI, sending UK 10-year inflation-linked gilts to record low.