01 July 2022 ECB, BoE and Fed Policy in Focus: Notes and Quotes from Sintra Forum

The latest Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, offered insight this week into the thinking of the European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of England (BoE) and Federal Reserve (Fed) while also p…

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30 June 2022 UK Economy: "Recession will Likely be Avoided this Year" says Credit Suisse

"Recession will likely be avoided this year," says Sonali Punhani, Chief UK Economist at Credit Suisse, as she delivers her team's latest forecasts for the UK economy.

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28 June 2022 Fed Could Hike to 5.25% says Macro Hive

Macro Hive thinks the Federal Reserve could keep hiking interest rates to a much higher peak (5.25% or more) than the market currently prices (3.5-4.0%).

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28 June 2022 UK House Prices Forecast to Fall in H2 by Pantheon Macroeconomics

UK house prices will fall in the second half of 2022 as a surge in mortgage rates continues over the summer says Pantheon Macroeconomics.

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27 June 2022 KPMG Slashes UK Growth Forecasts, sees No Recession

War, surging commodity prices and China's Covid outbreak are the main drivers of a sharp economic slowdown that could result in a "mild" UK recession taking hold in 2023 says KPMG whose economists …

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24 June 2022 Bank of England's Interest Rate Should be Closer to 10% says Swiss Re

The Bank of England's basic interest rate should be set as high as 10% given the scale of UK inflation, according to a major insurer.

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23 June 2022 UK to Avoid Recession says Barclays, but Berenberg Forecasts a Four Quarter Long Recession

Barclays says the UK economy will avoid recession, however economists at Berenberg Bank say the UK could already be in the grip of a recession that will last for four quarters.

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