The Nationwide House price index shows property prices rose 0.7% month on month in January, and further resilience is seen ahead amidst expectations for lower interest rates.
January 31,2024
"New year, new cheer" is the finding of Lloyds Bank, whose Business Barometer survey reports confidence amongst UK businesses has hit a two-year high.
January 31,2024
Shop inflation in the UK fell sharply in January, raising hopes that the coming year will finally see the pressures on consumers fade.
January 30,2024
January 26,2024
In a boost to the UK economic outlook, consumer optimism for the coming 12 months has strengthened amidst improved personal finances, taking overall confidence to a two-year high in January.
January 29,2024
The British Pound was higher against the Euro, Dollar and other major currencies after it was reported the UK economy was firmly in growth territory in January.
January 24,2024
The government could have up to £20BN in additional headroom to play with at the time of the March budget, according to an analysis that follows the latest set of UK borrowing figures.
January 23,2024
The British Pound fell against the Euro, Dollar and other currencies after UK retail sales for December disappointed.
January 19,2024
Lloyds Bank is the latest big institution to predict UK inflation will fall to the Bank of England's 2.0% target by April.
January 17,2024
The British Pound rose across the board after UK inflation for December rose by more than expected, leading markets to cool expectations for imminent Bank of England interest rate cuts.
January 17,2024
The Brtish Pound fell against the Euro, Dollar and other major currencies after investors bet an undershoot in the official wage figures meant the Bank of England could soon pursue aggressive rate cuts before long.
January 17,2024
January 16,2024
The British Pound is currently set to record a positive weekly close against the Euro and Dollar, helped by news the UK economy rebounded in November.
January 12,2024
There's a chance mortgage rates could stay put for a while, and the best rates could even be withdrawn, according to a new analysis from Hargreaves Lansdown.
January 11,2024
UK inflation is on course to record a swift decline to the Bank of England's 2.0% target thanks to plummeting costs facing producers and outright energy deflation.
January 10,2024
Optimism is running high among the UK's Chief Financial Officers, who see investing in technology as a priority over the coming months as they contend with elevated wage costs.
January 8,2024
The British pound fell as an initial reaction to news inflation in the UK slowed by a far greater rate in November than had been expected.
December 20,2023
The British Pound rose against the Euro ahead of the weekend after UK survey data pointed to a more upbeat picture of the economy in December, while a similar survey of the Eurozone warned of economic contraction.
December 15,2023
It was a sea of disappointment from the ONS, who released a tranche of UK economic data that printed below market expectations, boosting the odds for Bank of England interest rate cuts in 2024 and weighing on the Pound.
December 14,2023
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