MoneySavingExpert News Savings Base rate held at 0.5%The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 17th consecutive month.5 August 2010 Northern Rock to offer credit cards and loansNationalised Northern Rock plans to start offering credit cards and personal loans again as it readies itself for sale to the private sector, the group revealed today.3 August 2010 Savings tracker bonds launched for base rate gamblersSavers who want to gamble on interest rates rising can open bonds that track the Bank of England base rate.30 July 2010 Metro Bank opens its doorsThe first new current account-offering UK bank in over a century launches today.29 July 2010 No 'savings' accounts exist, they're all 'losings'28 July 2010 Could base rate stay at 0.5% until 2014?A leading economic forecaster today said UK interest rates will have to stay at their record low of 0.5% for much longer than currently expected.26 July 2010 Savers to miss out on £20 bonus20 July 2010 NS&I axes inflation-beating savings dealGovernment bank National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has withdrawn its savings deal that guarantees to beat inflation over the term to new customers.19 July 2010 Government demands 'simple' savings productsThe Government plans to make savings products simpler, to encourage consumers to build up a nest egg for their future.14 July 2010 Clothing and petrol cuts fuel inflation fallRecord price-slashing by retailers in the sales season and falling petrol costs helped bring down inflation in June.13 July 2010 First363738 Suggest a story Got a money-related news story that affects you? Email us