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The Bank of England (BoE) has raised the UK interest rates by 0.25 basis points to 4.25% to combat double-digit inflation. This is the 11th time in a row, in […]

Market Update

UK Core Inflation and Inflation Rate YoY (FEB) was forecast to drop by 0.1% (5.7%) and 0.2% (9.9%) respectively, but came in much higher at 6.2% and 10.4%, respectively.  MoM […]

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The markets have been all over the place since the closure of SVB last week, which was joined by 5 other small banks as the week went on. The latest […]

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Pound Sterling continued to gain against the Euro after the ECB raised rates as expects but were not clear on the direction going forward. In the UK today the only […]

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The main highlight of the past few days has been the failure of the tech startup-focused SVB and the crypto focussed Signature Bank – Sweden’s largest pension fund (also known […]

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Workers across the UK are getting less money in their pockets at the end of every month as regular pay in real terms fell by 2.4% in November to January, […]

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UK GDP grew by 0.3% month by month in January compared to December’s drop of 0.5%. It’s the service sector that carried this gain, while manufacturing dropped off for January. […]

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The US Dollar has remained elevated this morning but further growth in the safe haven currency, following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell which pointed towards further interest rate […]

Market Update

Expectations are the pound will struggle to gain any momentum against the Euro over the coming days. Currency analysts believe the decline for the GBP/EUR is due to issues facing […]

Market Update

A week filled with inflation data from nations in Europe, was summarised yesterday when we saw core inflation, excluding food and energy, data from EU. It rose to 5.6% in […]