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The World In A Week – Fly Me To The Moon
August 29, 2023
Written by Shane Balkham Last week was naturally focused on the opening speeches at the Jackson Hole symposium, an annual gathering of policymakers from around the world, to discuss topical financial…
The World In A Week – Nothing to See Here
August 21, 2023
Written by Chris Ayton It was a tough week for global equity markets with the MSCI All Country World Index -2.7% in Sterling terms. Bonds also declined with the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index -0.3%…
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as inflation falls again
August 17, 2023
The fall in inflation in July has offered some respite from the cost-of-living crisis, but experts have warned we are not out of the woods yet.
ONS record growth in wages shows UK ‘in a state of flux’ – reaction from finance and other experts
August 15, 2023
This morning’s announcement from the ONS that wages in the UK grew at a record rate in Q2 with regular wages growing by 7.8%, the highest since records began back in 2001.
The World In A Week – Summer Prints
August 14, 2023
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week, we saw the release of US inflation data where the US Consumer Price Index reached 3.2% on a year-over-year basis as of July 2023 which was below expectations of…
The World In A Week – A mix of opportunities and challenges
August 7, 2023
Written by Ilaria Massei Fitch Ratings downgraded the credit rating of US government debt from AAA to AA+, citing governance and fiscal challenges. The news encouraged some investors to take profits…
The World In A Week – Interesting Developments in Asia
July 31, 2023
Written by Cormac Nevin. Markets were rather muted in Europe and the US last week, with the FTSE All Share Index of UK Equities up +0.3%, the MSCI Europe Ex-UK Index of Continental European Equities…
The World In A Week – Moving in the right direction
July 24, 2023
Written by Millan Chauhan. In the UK, headline inflation for June was lower than expected at 7.9% year-on-year, the lowest level since March 2022, and ended a five-month run where inflation came in…
UK inflation holds at 8.7% after two months of falls
July 19, 2023
Core CPI rose by 7.1% in the 12 months to May, up from 6.8% in April, and the highest rate since March 1992.
The World In A Week – Game, Set & Match for Inflation in US?
July 17, 2023
Written by Chris Ayton. As a classic but relatively wet Wimbledon fortnight ended, with nearly 200,000 servings of strawberries having been eaten, global equity markets were in no mood to be…
UK economy shrinks by 0.1% in May raising chances of further interest rate hikes: reaction
July 13, 2023
News released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today has shown that UK GDP shrank by 0.1% in May 2023.
UK wage growth hits 7.3%: ‘We have not reached the end of the hiking cycle’
July 12, 2023
UK wages have continued to grow this month, with regular pay without bonuses hitting 7.3%, adding to recent arguments the Bank of England is set to continue raising rates.