25 April 2022 Business Optimism Slumps at Fastest Pace since Covid Crisis

Sentiment amongst Britain's manufacturers has fallen by its sharpest pace since the height of the Covid crisis of April 2020.

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25 April 2022 Consumer Confidence Crisis Spells Economic Gloom

Consumer confidence readings out of the UK are signalling a notable economic slowdown ahead and one economist says investors should be prepared for a "bad outcome" that could even include a recessiโ€ฆ

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25 April 2022 ECB Rate Hikes: New Report Suggests Analyst Expectations Could be too Aggressive

The European Central Bank is on course to raise interest rates as soon as July according to a new report which has attracted analyst attention at the start of a new week, but there is a concerning โ€ฆ

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21 April 2022 Bank of England's Mann Won't Rule Out a Chunky 50bp Bank Rate Rise in May

The prospect of a 50 basis point hike at the Bank of England in May has been reignited by Catherine Mann, a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee.

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21 April 2022 Queen's Jubilee to Tip Economy into Decline in 2nd Quarter: Oxford Economics

The UK economy will contract in the second quarter thanks in large part to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee says Oxford Economics, the independent economics research consultancy.

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11 April 2022 'Return to Normal' Boosts the UK Economy, But Economy to Shrink in 2nd Quarter say Economists

The UK economy grew again in February as the services sector continued its recovery from Covid, but the war in Ukraine and surging inflation are likely to slow growth rates over coming months.

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07 April 2022 UK Faces "Biggest fall in Household Disposable Income for Decades" says PwC

Economists at PwC have slashed their economic growth forecasts for the UK economy and said the country's households face the biggest fall in disposable income seen in decades.

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