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Tiffin Girls' School wins Target Two Point Zero Interest Rate Challenge competition

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has talked much of late of the 'balancing act' that it is performing to offset inflationary pressures against threats to economic growth. The Tiffin Girls' School, the winner of the national final of the Target Two Point Zero Interest Rate Challenge, went one step further, however, calling it a tug of war and one of the hardest interest-rate decisions since the Bank of England gained independence.

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Five FSA officials who oversaw Northern Rock have resigned

Most of the officials at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) who were directly responsible for the flawed supervision of Northern Rock have quit, The Times has learnt.