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By: Jack Barnett

Jack Barnett is a senior account executive at Instinctif Partners

  • Mortgage approvals snap back following mini budget chaos, but net lending at lowest since 2016

    Mortgage lending

    Mortgage approvals have improved for the first time since August, as the market begins to shake off the stress of the mini-budget, however experts have warned that the housing market will “remain price sensitive”.  According to the Bank of England’s Money and Credit report for February, net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased to 43,500 [...]

  • ‘Britcoin’: Bank and Treasury explore the need for a digital pound

    CBDCs

    The Bank of England and Treasury are exploring launching a digital pound in a move that officials claim would firm up financial stability in Britain. “No decision has been taken at this stage,” the pair’s experts said yesterday, but added that what some are dubbing ‘Britcoin’ is “likely to be needed in the future”. The [...]

  • London markets remain open as UK mourns death of Queen Elizabeth II 

    HM Queen Elizabeth II

    LONDON’s markets continue to operate as usual as the UK enters a period of official mourning following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  The London Stock Exchange said yesterday its bourses will operate according to their normal schedule today and throughout the “official period of mourning” for the Monarch, which is now set [...]

  • US hints at sanctions on Russian oil

    March 7, 2022

    A senior US official yesterday dangled the prospect of a worldwide ban on Russian oil imports, ratcheting up tensions between both sides.

  • Energy prices spike after Russia invades Ukraine

    February 25, 2022

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-blown incursion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring raising fears the UK's living squeeze will tighten.

  • Buckle up: Wild ride on Wall Street as rate rise talk spooks investors

    January 10, 2022

    An explosive Goldman Sachs note triggered a day of drama on Wall Street today after the investment bank warned of as many as four US Fed rate rises in 2022 alone. The tech-heavy Nasdaq crashed by as much as 2.7 per cent in early trading, tipping it briefly into correction territory. A late rally saw [...]

  • As London passes the peak and transport reopens, could it really be a happy new year?

    January 10, 2022

    London may be emerging from the worst of the new Covid-19 peak, with the capital’s public health boss saying London appears to be past the peak of infections and vital transport infrastructure kicking back into gear today. Professor Kevin Fenton, London’s public health director, said the data suggests “we may have passed or are at [...]

  • Square Mile braces for Plan B as businesses say work from home guidance will ‘destroy’ trade

    December 8, 2021

    Businesses in the City of London have said they are preparing for the worst ahead of a reported announcement on a work-from-home message. Multiple media outlets have reported that the Prime Minister is to usher in vaccine passports for large venues and instruct office employees to work from home once more. There will be a press [...]

  • Analysts: BHP merger with Woodside will boost firm’s energy transition plans

    November 22, 2021

    BHP's merger with Woodside is a positive move that helps the group transition away from the oil and gas industry, argues Hargreaves Lansdown.

  • Jes Staley leaves Barclays: CEO exits bank after shock report on Epstein links

    November 1, 2021

    Embattled Barclays chief Jes Staley has left his post over his ties with with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Staley will leave his role as chief executive of the bank with immediate effect after a probe into his links with Epstein suggested he mischaracterised the relationship to his employer and UK regulators. The bank’s [...]

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