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The World In A Week – Sunak’s Spring Statement
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week saw the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, unveil his spring statement update that, in an attempt to support individuals with the rising costs of…
CPI inflation rises to 30-year high of 6.2%
CPI inflation recorded an annual rise of 6.2% in February 2022 – the highest since March 1992’s growth of 7.1%.
The World In A Week – Drawing the path for interest rates
Written by Shane Balkham. Markets remain focused on the war in Ukraine and, although there were tentative signs of progress and positivity over the peace talks in Turkey, the fighting continues…
Economists: Expect Bank of England to raise rates in Thursday
The further fall in the unemployment rate will spur the Bank of England on to hike interest rates on Thursday, economists predict.
The World In A Week – Commodities & Inflationary conundrum
Written by Richard Warne. After enduring the COVID-19 pandemic for the last few years and seemingly coming through the other side, I think most would have assumed that the flight path looking…
British GDP growth beats expectations
UK economy bounced back in January 2022 as it grew 0.8 per cent. However, volatility could ‘derail’ economic progress.
Chief Investment Officer Market Update
Written by Shane Balkham. Many lives have been lost and many words have been written about the terrible war in Ukraine. The conflict has been unpredictable and will continue to wreak havoc on…
The World In A Week – The Return of History
Written by Cormac Nevin. As the war in Ukraine entered its second week, the impact of a prolonged conflict began to take its toll on markets. The MSCI All Country World Index of global equities was…
The World In A Week – Russian Invasion
Written by Millan Chauhan. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, volatility in markets reached two-year highs which has since seen Russia hit with several sanctions, aimed to restrict its global…
The World In A Week – Storm before the calm?
Written by Shane Balkham. The continued threat of a Russian invasion into Ukraine kept markets volatile last week. Tensions were heightened as Russian military exercises, together with their ally…
Omicron fails to derail UK labour market recovery as unemployment falls
The UK labour market has continued to recover as the latest official figures showed unemployment fell and job vacancies reached a record high.
The World In A Week – Roses are red, the markets are too
Written by Cormac Nevin. Last week was a busy one with regards to both news flow and market movements. The MSCI World Index of developed market equities was down -1.2% for the week in GBP terms,…
