By Naeem Aslam With inflation running at the highest level among G7 nations, the Bank of England has no easy task on its hands. The UK central bank’s decision to hike interest
By Craig Erlam It’s been a long time coming, but inflation in the UK is finally on the decline and in a rare show of good news, it’s falling at a faster
By Craig Erlam The UK economy posted a small contraction in May which was much better than forecast, as the country continues to show strong resilience in the face of significant pressures.
By Naeem Aslam US and European stock futures are focused on one thing and one thing only, the US CPI data. US inflation data on Wednesday is going to be much better
By Naeem Aslam US and European stock futures are pointing to a lower open Monday as investors continue to digest the economic data released last week and are concerned about the implications
By Craig Erlam The Bank of England accelerated its tightening efforts after meeting this week, hiking rates by 0.5% in response to another raft of worrying inflation data. And it’s not just
By Craig Erlam Markets ended the week on a positive note, but there remains enormous uncertainty around inflation and interest rates that look set to continue throughout the summer. Expectations are changing
By Craig Erlam It’s been a tough trading day, with UK inflation data sending worrying signals, while the RBNZ seemed to declare ‘job done’ in its inflation battle. The headline UK inflation
By Craig Erlam Stock markets are treading water on Tuesday, with the jobs number from the UK not inspiring and Chinese data also highlighting weakness in the recovery. UK jobs data was
By Craig Erlam A day after the Bank of England upgraded growth and inflation forecasts for the UK, economic data confirmed on Friday the country posted growth (just) in the first quarter,
