interest rates

The European Central Bank lowers interest rates to 3.25% in an attempt to prevent a eurozone-wide recession.

Gloomy figures on the UK's manufacturing and services sector underscore calls for an aggressive cut in interest rates.

Inflation across the 15 nations that share the euro fell to 3.2% last month, data shows, increasing the chances of a cut in interest rates.

Norway's central bank has cut interest rates by 0.5% for the second time this month.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates Wednesday. But could the Fed soon go where it has never gone before and bring them below 1%?

China's central bank has announced an interest rate cut of 0.27% in order to stimulate economic growth.

UK and other European shares rise sharply, buoyed by expectations that central banks will further cut interest rates, starting in the US.

The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut US interest rates from their current level of 1.5%.

AP - U.S.