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Continued pressures on the eurozone and an environment of falling inflation will prompt the ECB to lower interest rates from 1% to 0.5% this year, according to M&G's Stefan Isaacs.

We ask investment experts for their forecasts for 2012.

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Troy Trojan fund manager Sebastian Lyon has expressed fears that the Bank of England has set down a path of continuous monetisation of government debt.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has been asked by the Treasury Select Committee to explain his decision to inject a further £75m into the UK economy through quantitative easing (QE).

The Monetary Policy Committee(MPS) voted unanimously for an additional £75bn of quantitative easing at its latest meeting.