Oil prices knock UK inflation rate down to 1.7 per cent in February March 25, 2020 UK inflation slipped 0.1 per cent in February to 1.7 per cent, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today, as oil prices sank. Falling oil prices helped push the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) UK inflation rate down from 1.8 per cent in January, amid the ongoing coronavirus travel restrictions. Read more: Oil prices stage [...]
Coronavirus: the economic impact March 5, 2020 | City Talk The coronavirus threatens to derail the revival in global economic growth which began in the latter part of 2019. Economic indicators up to January continued to show an improvement in activity with business surveys signalling rising orders and output. However, confidence in the sustainability of the upswing has been undermined by the virus, officially known [...]
UK inflation rate jumps to 1.8 per cent in January February 19, 2020 UK inflation rose to a six-month high of 1.8 per cent in January, a significant increase from December’s rate of 1.3 per cent, according to official data released today. The rate remains below the Bank of England’s (BoE) target of two per cent. The bump comes as a surprise to analysts, who had forecast the [...]
Expectations of BoE rate cut rise after UK inflation falls to three-year low January 15, 2020 Sterling fell on Wednesday after data showed UK inflation unexpectedly slipped to a three-year low during December, ramping up expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) will cut interest rates later this month. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.3 per cent last month compared to a year earlier — the weakest level since November [...]
Britain’s Goldilocks moment has arrived in the nick of time September 23, 2019 Not too hot, and not too cold. It’s time for the three bears to move over and take the porridge with them, because the temperature of the UK economy points to a Goldilocks moment arriving just in the nick of time. A low-inflation fairy tale has come to the aid of a nation grappling with [...]
UK households’ inflation expectations at highest in six years, survey reveals August 30, 2019 UK households are expecting inflation to rise over the next 12 months as the possibility of a no-deal Brexit increases. The public’s expectations for inflation are at their highest level since 2013, according to a survey from US bank Citi and pollsters YouGov, released on Friday. Read more: UK consumer confidence staggers in face of [...]
UK wages rise again as employment rate stays at record high says Office for National Statistics May 14, 2019 UK wages rose 3.2 per cent in the year to March, slightly down from a 3.5 per cent rise in the month before, data showed today as the unemployment rate hit an almost 45-year low. Read more: UK inflation rate holds steady sending Britons' real wages higher Average weekly earnings climbed 1.3 per cent year [...]
City A.M.’s shadow MPC votes to hold interest rates despite recent sunnier data May 1, 2019 Ongoing Brexit uncertainty means the Bank of England should hold interest rates steady tomorrow, City economists have said, despite the economy recently showing signs of strength. Read more: UK inflation rate holds steady sending Britons' real wages higher The Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) will at midday tomorrow announce its latest interest rate decision, along [...]
This investment clock says what assets to buy and when March 11, 2019 | City Talk By Tom Bailey from interactive investor. It’s inevitable that the unremitting global economic cycle will impact stock markets, but when? The economist Paul Samuelson once joked that the stock market has predicted nine of the past seven recessions. But while the over-reactive nature of equity market investors and their poor predictive powers ring true, there [...]
Sign of the times: Smart speakers in and crockery out of UK inflation goods basket March 11, 2019 Bluetooth speakers, flavoured tea and washing gel have been added to the “basket of goods” used to calculate inflation in the UK, while crockery sets and hi-fi systems have been shelved. Read more: Inflation drops to two-year low of 1.8 per cent The Office for National Statistics (ONS) outlined changes this morning to the list [...]