What a rise in rates could mean for your investments

This week we discuss interest rates, printing money and what a rise in rates could mean for your investments.In Europe, German policymakers are “furious” that the European Central Bank are extending their quantitative easing by a further six months, says David Charter, our Times correspondent in Berlin. But he tells us that the power of the ECB is beginning to be limited by the lack of action of national governments to fix the economy.Phil Aldrick, Economics Editor of The Times, explains why ECB president Mario Draghi has merely kicked the can further down the road in terms of fixing the problem of weak inflation in the Eurozone.Meanwhile Alex Frean, US Business Editor of The Times, tells us why Janet Yellen is the kind of person who arrives three hours early for her flight and what this says about the potential for the US Fed to raise interest rates.But what about here in the UK? Is there pressure on the Bank of England to change interest rates from their record lows? And should investors be...

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