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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15 December 2022 Europe Nearing Recession in New European Central Bank Forecasts 

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned in the ECB's final press conference of the year that "a relatively short-lived and shallow" technical recession may be seen in the mont…

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15 December 2022 Too Soon to Get Aggressive on Risk: HSBC Asset Management 2023 Investment Outlook

2023 is going to be the year of the macro cycle says Joe Little, Global Chief Strategist at HSBC Asset Management.

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13 December 2022 UK Labour Market Slackens, Bringing an End of the Bank of England Rate Hiking Cycle Closer

Signs emerging the labour market is developing some slack will mean the end of the cycle is now in sight.

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12 December 2022 Cryptocurrencies to Remain Supported by Lingering Excess Liquidity: Oxford Economics

Despite a series of well-publicised failures and significant loss of capitalisation, the cryptocurrency market remains relatively unchanged in structure and is likely to remain supported by current…

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09 December 2022 Bank of England: Inflation Expectations Stubbornly Elevated

Inflation expectations are back at nine-year highs according to a Bank of England survey, maintaining pressure on the central bank to pursue higher interest rates.

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