05 January 2023 Fed Rules Out Rate Cuts for 2023 and Invites Tighter Financial Conditions

Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers frowned at the idea of interest rate cuts for later this year and went out of their way last month to make a hawkish impression on the market in an effort to prev…

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04 January 2023 Energy Price Declines Offer HM Treasury Luxury of Strategic Choices

Declining energy prices are lessening the damage done to the public finances by last year's increases and affording HM Treasury the luxury of making strategic choices about what to do with the Offi…

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30 December 2022 UK Government Bond Yields Highlight Uncertainty Over BoE Forecasts 

Fluctuations in government borrowing costs saw the 'yield curve' tip and turn between flat and steep formations in year-end trade and price action suggesting that investors may think the latest Ban…

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30 December 2022 Op-ed: Why Rishi Sunak Should Help Ukraine Sit at Negotiating Table

The sinking global economy and resulting human suffering are all that's necessary for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to encourage Ukraine to sit at a negotiating table next year though President Vladim…

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29 December 2022 Op-ed: Expanding "Homes for Ukraine" Could Ease Many Burdens at Same Time

Replicating or extending the "Homes for Ukraine" scheme in Commonwealth countries like Sri Lanka and South Africa is one way in which the British government could support the UK economy while also …

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16 December 2022 Bank of England Interest Rate Decision and Different Reasons on the MPC 

The Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates again this week but not all on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed with the decision due to a three-way split of views about how quickly infla…

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16 December 2022 UK Recessionary and Inflationary Impulse Wanes: PMI Data for December

UK inflationary pressures are cooling and the services sector appears to have avoided contraction in December, according to preliminary PMI data for December.

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