England Euro 2024 fixtures in full as Southgate names provisional squad May 21, 2024 England manager Gareth Southgate today named his 33-man provisional squad ahead of this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Key players have been included and excluded from the team who will face Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in a pair of friendlies before the Three Lions head to the continent. So with the major announcement [...]
The rise and fall of 20th Century monetarism, according to one of Margaret Thatcher’s advisors May 21, 2024 "There's not much in economics that is strictly scientific. Milton Friedman said this (monetarism) was a science and Margaret Thatcher sort of bought into that idea," Tim Lankester told City A.M.
IMF upgrades growth forecasts for UK economy but warns of ‘tough choices’ ahead May 21, 2024 "With growth recovering faster than expected, the UK economy is approaching a soft landing, following a mild technical recession in 2023," the IMF said.
FTSE 100 today: British blue-chip index set for subdued start amid cautious US Fed comments May 21, 2024 Asian markets dipped. Oil prices fell, gold stayed near highs, and Australia's BHP Group surged. Focus on Fedspeak and BOE's Andrew Bailey.
Bank of England deputy governor Broadbent says summer interest rate cut ‘possible’ May 20, 2024 The Bank judges that the unwinding of the inflationary shock is likely to be "asymmetric", taking longer to unwind than it did to emerge.
House prices rise as spring selling season boosts UK property market May 20, 2024 The average price of UK property coming to the market reached record levels in May, rising by £2,807, as the spring selling season lends itself to the recovery of the housing market.
Joseph Stiglitz has wooed the left, but his straw men pose a real-life threat May 20, 2024 Joseph Stiglitz's new book makes a grotesque bogeyman of 'the right', and it will have dangerous consequences, writes Eliot Wilson.
Pragmatic: ‘More to be done’ says boss of British chipmaker May 19, 2024 The chief of Pragmatic has said good progress has been made but there is "more to be done" to support Britain’s semiconductor industry.
Inflation set to return to two per cent target in boost for Bank of England May 19, 2024 The latest UK inflation reading could show a notable fall when it's published this week.
Investors to receive ‘temperature check’ on global economy alongside Nvidia and inflation updates May 19, 2024 Analysts at Deutsche Bank said the surveys would provide "a temperature check on growth across the key economies as perceived inflation risks subside".