ECB cuts interest rates by 25 basis points but warns on ‘elevated’ inflation June 6, 2024 A number of smaller central banks have already started cutting interest rates, including the Swiss, the Swedish and the Canadian.
ECB to cut interest rates but path beyond June ‘still open’ June 6, 2024 "The rationale behind the cut will be to very gradually reduce the level of monetary policy restrictiveness without ending restrictiveness," Carsten Brzeski, ING's global head of macro said.
Interest rate cuts edge closer after ‘very encouraging’ inflation news June 5, 2024 Following today’s release, Rob Wood, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said April’s worryingly high inflation figures were a “flash in the pan”.
Clarkson’s Farm vs Yellowstone: what your bingewatch says about your politics June 4, 2024 As Clarkson's Farm voters swing behind Labour, are our TV viewing habits becoming as polarised as our politics?
Nice one, son: MacIntyre to pay off parents’ mortgage after dad helps first PGA Tour win June 3, 2024 MacIntyre banked £1.33m for a victory aided by father, who he roped in to caddie at short notice.
European Central Bank set to cut interest rates despite inflation worries June 2, 2024 The European Central Bank is all but certain to be the first major central bank to cut interest rates this week as it shrugs off a rise in inflation and takes a different path in monetary policy from the UK and US.
Don’t panic! FTSE 100’s poor run nothing to worry about June 1, 2024 "Markets tend to move in waves and currently we’re in a repositioning phase where investors are coming to terms with the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer," Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, commented.
Struggling Dow transport stocks could be economic warning signal June 1, 2024 It's been a banner year for the major US stock indexes, but one economically sensitive corner of the market sticks out as a sore spot.
Mark Kleinman: Labour and Tories yet to win business over May 30, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column
FTSE 100 today: London markets set to open lower as rate cut anxiety weigh May 30, 2024 Rate cut anxiety triggers Asian stock slump, mirroring Wall Street. Salesforce drops 15%. Focus shifts to US Q1 GDP and Auto Trader.