Business News Interest rates cut

06-12-2001 | Ian Willoughby

The biggest story of the last week has to be the decision by the Czech National Bank to cut interest rates to an all-time low in the face of a weakening global economy. The overnight discount rate for commercial bank loans was cut by half a percent to 3.75 - the first time the rate has ever dipped below 4 per cent. Other key interest rates were also cut by half a percent.

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