Deutsche Bank’s U.S. listed shares fell 10% in pre-market trading. European stocks came under pro-longed pressure Friday morning as banking sector woes fail to disperse. The DAX and FTSE 100 indices each fall by more than 2% in early morning trade. Central Banks Investors have been assessing the global centralRead More →
The recent inflation increase heaped on even more misery and pressure for the public as interest rates climb yet again in an effort to curb inflation Interest rate up As UK inflationary pressure increased again, as demonstrated recently by the unexpected move up from 10.1% to 10.4% – the BankRead More →
Highest food prices since 1977 The cost of living rose unexpectedly again last month as food prices increased at the fastest rate since 1977/78 Alcohol prices in restaurants and pubs also increased, as inflation jumped to 10.4% in February from 10.1% in January year to year Clothing costs, particularly forRead More →
Market movement Stocks and oil prices fell on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve intimated it could soon cut back its support An increase in the spread of covid-19 delta variant, signs of Chinese economic weakness and the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan also spooked investors. FTSE 100, Dow and S&PRead More →
Is inflation becoming the real test of market durability in 2021? Inflation, during these times, is an unknown quantity, even an unspoken term from times past, something to talk about . But it may soon make a fresh appearance in world economies, and when it does, the fledgling world economicRead More →
More QE The Bank of England announced Thursday, 18th June 2020 more support by increasing QE – Quantitative Easing by injecting a further £100 billion into the UK economy. This increase brings the total to £745 billion. Bank policymakers voted 8-1 to increase the size of its bond-buying programme andRead More →
Doom and gloom? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD), has warned that the effects of the pandemic will be far reaching and will likely hit the UK harder than other comparable major economies. As the OECD reports of a very slow and difficult recovery for the UK, weRead More →
Gold as a safe haven It is a well known fact that gold becomes a safe haven during uncertain times, and these are uncertain times. So it’s no surprise then that gold has increased in value during this period. At its highest in recent weeks, gold has reached: $1766 perRead More →
Good news UK and U.S. markets were closed Monday 25th June 2020 – but that didn’t stop European markets roaring ahead yesterday. There are a number of positives for markets to be happy about right now. England is to re-open non-essential shops by mid June. European countries are easing theirRead More →
The Bank of England held rates at 0.1 per cent and offered no new stimulus measures in its asset purchase programme. Decline in consumer confidence Headline BoE announcement: 14% fall in UK GDP this year and unemployment at 8%. Biggest annual fall in GDP since 1706 The BoE said indicators ofRead More →