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Sterling jumped across the board after the Bank of England's latest report said inflation is likely to remain above target for longer, fuelling expectations the MPC will act sooner to tackle price rises.

Manager sells off high yield exposure and looks to equities amid UK recession fears

Ecclesiastical's Robin Hepworth has warned Western equity markets could fall as much as 10% when central banks finally act to tackle inflation.

WAY Investment Services' Mark Benson gives an update on how the Budget 2011 affected inheritance tax planning.

An imminent interest rate hike would be the ultimate policy error by the Monetary Policy Committee, which should not raise rates before Q4 if inflation is still high, says Caspar Rock at Architas.

LGIM's Richard Hodges believes the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would be "lunatics" to raise interest rates in May as it will put the UK at risk of a double-dip recession.

The pound reached a 14-month high today while gilts fell, after data revealed UK inflation soared to 4.4% in February.

BEATING INFLATION

Inflation hit 4.4% in February, up from 4% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - heaping more pressure on the Bank of England to hike interest rates.

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