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Today at 12pm the Bank of England will be releasing its latest interest rate decision. It's likely that the bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will unanimously vote to hold rates at 0.25% in the face of potential economic upset from Brexit negotiations. Members of the Shadow MPC for the North East are supporting a rise in interest rates, arguing that it would be a positive move at the moment, especially for regional economies. Nigel Cassidy was joined by Christopher White, Financial Director at Darlington Building Society.

Morgan Mckinley, the specialist recruitment consultancy has today released their latest London Employment Monitor. The results show the job market is in decline in light of Theresa May's Article 50 deadline and with Brexit on the horizon in general. It seems as the government continues to send inconsistent messages about what kind of deal it is seeking for British businesses, larger institutions in particular are exercising hiring caution. Nigel Cassidy spoke to Hakan Enver, Operations Director, Morgan McKinley to discuss their results.

So the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's defeated a challenge from a far-right group in the country's elections. He's ahead of three other parties including one led by anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders. Speaking after a victory party the Prime minister said: , the [Dutch] people have said no to another country where the domino stone of the wrong side of populism would topple over. Geert Wilders is putting a brave face on coming second. He tweeted that he is proud of the more than one million people who voted for his Party of Freedom (PVV). To give his analysis, Nigel Cassidy was joined by Jeremy Cook, Chief Economist at World First.

On today's edition, Simon and Lord Lee are joined by Louis Hall, CEO of Cerillion.

It's time to talk politics. Today: Philip Hammond has dropped plans to hike national insurance; in the Netherlands, voters are heading to the polls; the chair of the Brexit Committee tells how he got on grilling the Government's Brexit minister today.

View From... Middlesex University looking at what's behind the Fed rate rise, whether the UK and US are failing to confront the long term drives of explosive debt, discussing if Europe is on the knife edge of uncertainty and does America needs a liberal party? Tim Evans, Professor of Business and Political Economy at Middlesex University London discusses all this with Simon Rose.

On today's Market Wrap: plans introduced in the Budget last week, to raise National Insurance contributions for self-employed people, are dropped, UK unemployment falls to lowest levels since 2005, shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals end the day up around 8% and the drugmaker is the top gainer on the FTSE 100 today after reporting better than expected results for 2016 and much more. Simon Rose was joined by Paul Sedgwick Head of Investments at Frank Investments.

As the Dutch go to the polls today, the right wing VVD party sits in front with the anti-Islamic and Eurosceptic Party of Freedom, headed by Geert Wilders, in second. But what impact will the increasingly fragmented political landscape have on The Netherlands' government? Rem Korteweg, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more.

Another drop in unemployment figures today, down to 4.7% in the three months to January, but wages aren't growing - can the UK solve its productivity puzzle? Ben Kumar from 7 Investment Management joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss the biggest economic stories of the day.

Many hoped the US presidency would change Donald Trump. After his first 50 days, it's clear Donald Trump is changing the presidency. For today's Weeks Update, Simon and Professor John Weeks are joined by Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Stoney Brook, to reflect on Trump's stay in the Oval Office.