Investment Updates
UK policymakers set to tighten?
Interest rates are widely expected to rise at the October meeting of the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Is this really a ‘new age of optimism’?
The Chancellor delivered a boosterish budget, hailing a ‘new age of optimism’. Has the normally measured Rishi Sunak been drinking some of the Prime Minister’s Kool-Aid? Could the UK economy be over the worst?
Can COP 26 succeed?
Multi-national agreement is often hard won, but implementation can be even harder. Can COP 26 produce tangible long-term progress on climate change?
Did the UK bounce-back?
More lacklustre data from the UK emerged this week. Is the weakness temporary? Or have we seen the best of the UK’s revival?
Stagflation fears hit sentiment
Investors were stalked during September as the spectre of stagflation manifested itself against a backdrop of rising prices and lacklustre growth prospects.
Bank of England raising interest rates?
Until recently, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which has responsibility for setting interest rates, was undecided if conditions were right for tightening monetary policy.
UK consumer: struggling or saviour?
The UK consumer was due to drive the economic recovery, but it hasn’t worked out that way.
Europe’s going green
There has been a flurry of green bond issuance in Europe, does it solve the ESG problem for fixed income investors?
Tax hikes to raise money for social care
In a move designed to fund the spiralling cost of social care, the Government announced a controversial increase to National Insurance contributions…
The beginning of the end
The US Federal Reserve may start to reduce its stimulus measures sooner than expected…
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