Sentence examples for sterling interest from inspiring English sources

The UK government and Bank of England would be likely to require a deal on tax policy and borrowing and also control sterling interest rates to ensure Scotland's economy did not threaten sterling's value or the UK's economic interests.

In its latest "International Banking and Financial Markets Development," the Bank for International Settlements comments: "An extraordinary widening of spreads on U.S. dollar and sterling interest rate swaps was perhaps the most striking market development during the third quarter.

Also in the U.K., Hammersmith & Fulham, a local governmental unit, ran up losses of $900 million on sterling interest-rate swaps.

The league said in a statement Tuesday that if three-quarters of the 30 owners voted to sustain the charge, "the Sterlings' interests in the Clippers will be terminated and the team will be sold".

Even if Scotland were instead to follow Hong Kong's example and have a Scottish pound which a Scottish currency board keeps at parity with sterling, the interest rate would essentially be imposed on Scotland by world markets.

Cheap sterling and low interest rates brought buyers piling into the market, bidding up prices.

The Bank of England may be forced to defend a collapse in sterling by raising interest rates.

That said, the Bank of England might add a twist if it reacts to a fall in sterling by raising interest rates.

The current view among some foreign investors is that the lower value of the UK's currency, the pound sterling, has increased interest in British real estate and corporate assets.

If Cameron is brought tumbling down over grievances like this one – along with misjudgments over Europe and all the rest – we may look back in astonishment as sterling tumbles and interest rates soar for straight and gay people alike.

Some apparent justification for the shift arrived almost at once, as factory orders increased unexpectedly strongly in August by 1.3%.See article: Dollar, sterling and euro interest ratesThe strength of the yen does not appear to have damaged Japanese business confidence, according to the tankan quarterly survey of over 9,000 companies.