With the market now pricing in 1-2 interest rate cuts by the Fed this year, and top US central bank officials including Fed Chair Jay Powell (pictured) holding back in statements this week, from giving any indication of when interest rates might be cut and dashing...
Written by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist, Invesco Key Takeaways: When will cuts start? Perceptions change with each new data point and each new comment from central bankers. I believe June is the month to watch. The UK could go first. I expect the US...
Recent signals from major central banks suggest challenges ahead with easing monetary policy amid above-target inflation. By Richard Clarida, Global Economic Advisor at PIMCO Last week, five of the world’s major central banks made news. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the...
A more cautious Bank of England looking for further evidence of a sustainable fall in inflation makes it less likely to be an early mover on cuts, according to Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist & Strategist at Schroders. The Bank of England (BoE), US Federal...
The number of UK taxpayers under 30 with an annual income over £1 million has increased from 770 in 2021/22 to a five-year high of 830 in...
Online sales jump by the most since last July when wet weather also kept people indoors Clothing sales jumped 1.7% as new collections and...
With UK inflation data yesterday revealing a better than expected figure of 3.4% to the end of February, its lowest level for over two...
In a move that was unlikely to surprise, the Fed's FOMC voted unanimously this evening to keep US interest rates on hold at 5.5% (upper...
We've got positive news to start your day today. And that is that the ONS has this morning reported the latest UK inflation data showing...
Shaan Raithatha, senior economist at Vanguard Europe, provides preview commentary ahead of the Bank of England’s Thursday meeting. He...
Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors, has commented ahead of the Fed meeting this week. He said:...
Findings from Flagstone’s six-weekly base rate pulse check, surveying senior savings professionals at UK banks on interest rate and...
For the UK economy to grow substantially this year, the Bank of England must end its over-regulation of financial services, says...
We're sensing a slight whiff of positive sentiment in the air this morning, following the news from the ONS of the latest UK GDP...
Unemployment up slightly to 3.9% and vacancies fall for 20th month in a row Wage growth cools to 6.1% but adjusted for inflation...
New research by IPPR North reveals that the gap in Healthy Life Expectancy between the North and South East England won't close until 2080...
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