FTSE 100 today: Blue-chip poised to end two-week winning streak amid global uncertainty July 19, 2024 Asian markets drop with Wall Street; oil prices fall; Japan inflation rises; Netflix exceeds subscriber targets; UK retail sales data next.
Big-ticket ad campaigns are back as UK economy brightens July 18, 2024 Big-ticket advertising campaigns, including those on television and radio, are making a comeback as the UK's economy continues to improve.
England fans drink in Euros final with pub spending spree July 17, 2024 The number of orders made at pubs nearly tripled on the day that England played Spain in the Euros final, as football fans flocked to watering holes to see Gareth Southgate's side in their second final in three years.
King’s Speech: Labour to legislate OBR fiscal lock to boost ‘market credibility’ July 17, 2024 Labour will legislate for a fiscal lock to require the OBR to provide an independent assessment of any major tax and spending plans.
Hopes of a summer interest rate cut fade ahead of crunch wage data (and it’s partially due to Taylor Swift) July 17, 2024 There are two particular causes of concern for the Bank, services inflation and wage growth. The two are closely linked.
Stubborn services prices to raise concerns as inflation remains at two per cent July 17, 2024 Speaking last week, Huw Pill, the Bank's chief economist, said persistence in wage growth and services inflation points to "uncomfortable strength in those underlying inflation dynamics”.
FTSE 100 today: Blue-chip to rise on sub-two per cent inflation, boosting rate cut bets July 17, 2024 Asian stocks rise amid Fed rate cut hopes, gold extends rally; investors focus on upcoming UK and Euro area CPI reports.
FTSE 100 today: London markets braces for caution ahead of UK inflation data July 16, 2024 Asian shares dip on China's slowdown, bitcoin rise; Asian currencies weaken against strong dollar. Eyes on Bank of America's earnings.
Why Taylor Swift might shape the future of UK interest rates July 15, 2024 Taylor Swift's Eras tour may give rate-setters at the Bank of England something extra to think about as they mull when to start cutting interest rates.
Even football heartbreak can’t harm the City’s friendship with Europe July 15, 2024 England may have beaten the Netherlands in the Euros, but our two nations will always be close friends off the pitch, says Michael Mainelli As England and the Netherlands went toe-to-toe, or, more accurately, boot-to-boot, in Dortmund last Wednesday evening, I had just returned from a far more congenial four-day trip to Amsterdam and The [...]