25 November 2021 The UK's 'Great Resignation' Well Underway and Looks Set to Drive Wage Inflation

Significant churn in the UK workforce is likely to drive wage inflation, as one new survey suggests more than three quarters of respondents intend to look for a new job in 2022.

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24 November 2021 Boom Times for UK Manufacturing Help Stir Inflationary Pressures

Orders placed with UK factories have risen to their highest level on record, while price expectations have also soared and point to ongoing inflationary pressures.

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23 November 2021 BoEโ€™s Haskel: Rising Interest Rates Would Reflect Economic Success

A fervently anticipated Bank of England decision to begin lifting interest rates would be symbolic of success at steering the economy through the recent crisis, one of the BoEโ€™s nine rate setters sโ€ฆ

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19 November 2021 Government Debt Servicing Costs to Surge to ยฃ60BN

The latest set of government spending and borrowing data from the ONS was not as cheery as some economists had expected, largely because the cost of servicing debt is rising rapidly in line with suโ€ฆ

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18 November 2021 UK Small Businesses Eye Strong Christmas Trade

UK small and medium-sized businesses have reported rising confidence levels, with new payment data showing transactions are above where they were ahead of the pandemic.

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15 November 2021 Bank of England says December Rate Hike "In Play"

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey said it remains vital that the Bank emphasises the significance of inflation in its policy decisions and all meetings are in-play for a rate hike.

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05 November 2021 Markets see +100% Probability of February Bank of England Rate Hike

Despite coming in for some criticism, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey might be pleased with his recent work: he has pushed back expectations for a rate hike to February.

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