UK retail sales rose sharply in April and were higher than pre-pandemic levels according to new data that suggests the involuntary savings acquired by consumers during months of lockdown are being put to work.
May 21,2021
UK industry experienced its fastest growth since the end of 2018 during May, confirmation that the post-covid economic rebound is well underway.
May 20,2021
The significant reopening of the UK services sector on May 17 will fail to trigger a sufficiently large wave of Covid-19 cases to prompt the government to reintroduce restrictions in the summer, according to economists at a leading independent financial and economic research house.
May 18,2021
Strategists at RBC Capital Markets have warned that the consolidation in the bond market is coming to an end, advising investors to consider shorting ten year US Treasury Bonds and UK gilts.
May 14,2021
A much-watched survey of UK house prices shows a sharp rise in prices underway as demand outstrips supply and leads one economist we follow to say the market is now overheating, although a sharp cooling down is expected next year.
May 13,2021
Exports to the EU appear to have recovered in March, easing fears of a sustained impact to trade with the continent brought on by the new post-Brexit trade relationship.
May 12,2021
The UK economy shrank in the first quarter of 2021 but a strong rebound in March limited the damage and economists are looking forward to a bumper few months of economic growth ahead.
May 12,2021
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