Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, warned country faces 'new crisis' / Australia cuts interest rates for first time since 2020 as election looms / India cuts interest rates for the first time in five years / Bank of England cuts interest rate as it happened: Base rate falls to 4.5%; economic growth forecast also reduced / Russia hikes interest rates to 21%, highest since 2003 / China cuts interest rates in battle to hit year-end growth target / Interest rate to be cut for first time in more than four years next week, economists forecast / Developing countries face record interest payments as rates rise / Interest rate cuts might have to wait until 2025: economist / Japan's central bank raises interest rates for first time since 2007: 'treading on thin ice'