Economics


Premature Recession Fears

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UK GDP Growth Drops To Weakest Level Since 2012 As Brexit Uncertainty Weighs

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UK gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 0.2% in Q4 2018, down from 0.6% in Q3 and missing analysts' expectations of... Read more

Is The US Near Peak Dollar?

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Industry Voice Sponsored by T.Rowe Price: With market volatility likely to persist and the US dollar potentially near a... Read more

US Stockmarkets Fall To One-year Lows Despite Fed Rate Hike

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the fourth time this year but lowered its projections for future hikes ne... Read more

US Stockmarkets Fall To One-year Lows Despite Fed Rate Hike

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the fourth time this year but lowered its projections for future hikes ne... Read more

Falling Oil Price Causes CPI Inflation To Drop To 2.3% In November

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UK inflation fell from 2.4% to 2.3% in November, meeting economist expectations, according to latest figures from the O... Read more

Falling Oil Price Causes CPI Inflation To Drop To 2.3% In November

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UK inflation fell from 2.4% to 2.3% in November, meeting economist expectations, according to latest figures from the O... Read more

Industry Voice: The Beginning Of The End? Key Takeaways From PIMCO's Cyclical Outlook

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PARTNER INSIGHT: Could this be the beginning of the end? This is the question we ask in our latest Cyclical Outlook, wh... Read more

Man GLG's Mawby: Investors In 'mishmash' Strategic Bond Sector Set For Disappointment

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Manager of the Man GLG Strategic Bond fund Jon Mawby has criticised peers in the Investment Association's Sterling Stra... Read more

'A Policy Mistake Of Gigantic Proportions': Markets And Experts React As China Hits Back At Trump's Trade Tariffs

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China's retaliation to the tariffs imposed by the US sent shockwaves through global markets on Wednesday, with industry... Read more

Sterling Posts Strongest Quarterly Gains In Almost Three Years

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Sterling has recorded its best quarterly performance in nearly three years during a period when transition arrangements... Read more

US Treasury Yield Curve Flattens To Lowest Level Since Financial Crash

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The difference between short-duration and long-duration US Treasury yields narrowed to the lowest levels in over ten ye... Read more

Brexit Transition Deal Was 'a Timely One-year Anniversary Gift' But Longer-term Concerns Remain For The City

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On the first anniversary of Prime Minister Theresa May signing Article 50, triggering a two-year process for the UK to ... Read more

BoE Maintains Interest Rates At 0.5%; Two Members Vote For Hike

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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold interest rates at their current level of 0.5%, ... Read more

Powell Marks Start Of Fed Tenure With Rate Rise; Warns Asset Prices Are 'elevated' In Some Areas

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The Federal Reserve has voted to raise US interest rates by 25bps in Jerome Powell's first meeting as chairman since t... Read more

'Picture Remains Bleak' Despite Inflation Fall To 2.7% In February

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UK inflation fell to 2.7% in February 2018 from 3% a month earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confir... Read more

Bank Of England Warns Brexit Remains 'material Risk' To Financial System

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The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has warned UK and European Union authorities are not doing enoug... Read more

'Forecasts Are There To Be Beaten': Sterling Spikes As Hammond Delivers Upbeat Outlook In Spring Statement

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Sterling was on the rise in afternoon trading following a a series of optimistic forecasts for the UK economy from Chan... Read more

Spring Statement: OBR Revises Up GDP; Inflation To Fall To 2%

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised up the UK's GDP growth forecast for 2018 in today's inaugural Sp... Read more

Multi-managers Raise Exposure To Alternative UCITS Funds Amid 'choppy Equity Valuations'

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Multi-managers increased allocations to alternative UCITS funds by 0.55% to over 10% during the fourth quarter of 2017 ... Read more