EconomyChinese house prices drop as property crisis deepensMay 17, 20246Thanks for joining me. We begin the day with figures showing retail sales unexpectedly slowed in China as and the...
EconomyTaylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ to provide £1 billion boost to UK economy, says BarclaysMay 16, 20248Taylor Swift's worldwide Eras Tour will boost the UK economy by almost £1 billion ($1.3 billion) as fans splash the...
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EconomyNew Methodology Suggests Inflation May Rise to 3.2 Per Cent at the Start of 2025May 14, 202416In Binner et al. (2024) we developed a method for predicting the future path of CPI inflation over a 12-month...
BankingUnrepentant Bank of England refuses to learn from its failuresMay 14, 202416Yet if it had so little impact, why did both Switzerland and Japan, which were subjected to the same external...
BankingPay rises too high for rate cuts, insists Bank of England economistMay 14, 202411Thanks for joining me. Average wages have grown faster than expected in a blow to hopes for interest rate cuts...
EconomyWages grow faster in 12 months than at any time in previous 16 yearsMay 13, 202418Wages have grown more over the past 12 months than at any time over the previous 16 years despite the...
EconomyLabour will wreck the economy by living in the pastMay 12, 202422They are the kind of reforms that generate plenty of support on social media, and will please the party’s mainly...
EconomyUK economy ‘going gangbusters’ after coming out of recession with fastest growth in two years, say expertsMay 10, 202419By Rishi Sunak, Prime MinisterI KNOW that the last few years have been really tough.The economic shocks of Covid and...
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