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A poll of 62 City economists showed that two thirds expect the MPC to vote to extend the 175 billion scheme of quantitative easing (QE) at its rate meeting next week. However, analysts were split over whether the limit would be raised by 25 billion or 50 billion, with 25 billion winning by only one vote.
Economists expect Bank of England to pump another 25bn into the economy

Norway has become the first country in Europe to raise interest rates since the start of the financial crisis as its economy recovers from a shallow downturn.
Norway becomes first European country to raise interest rates

Britain is facing an energy shortfall by 2015 over its exposure to six risky Russian gas developments if the UK becomes much more dependent on imports from abroad according to Ofgem.
Britain faces gas shortage in six years due to Russia

One the aftershocks of Northern Rock's failure will be a host of new entrants to financial services.
A brave new future for high street banks

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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow lost 119 points at 9,763, the Nasdaq Composite fell
56 points to 2,060 and the S&P500 dropped 21 points at 1,043.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 153.75 points at 9,921.3, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning session off 525.7 points at 21,235.88.

Crude oil traded at $77.24 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

AAL Morgan Stanley: upgraded to overweight from equalweight, tp raised to 2819 from 2345
BAB Citigroup: initiated buy, tp 683
BEZ RBS: buy, tp cut to 130 from 150
BRE RBS: hold, tp raised to 230 from 195
CGL RBS: buy, tp cut to 370 from 415
HSX RBS: buy, tp raised to 370 from 365
JPR Goldman: neutral, tp cut to 38 from 46
LRE RBS: downgraded to hold from add, tp raised to 540 from 490
NVA RBS: downgraded to hold from buy, tp raised to 345 from 330
RDSB NCB: buy, tp 1960
SDR Credit Suisse: upgraded to outperform from neutral, tp raised to 1035 from 1020
SL. ING: reiterated hold
TNI Goldman: downgraded to negative from buy
VTG Citigroup: initiated sell, tp 519

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