December 8th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
All roads lead to Washington this week ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision. With markets overwhelmingly forecasting a quarter-point cut and the...
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December 1st, 2025
By Christopher Nye
After strengthening after the Budget and staying strong for the rest of the week, things have started to look a little shaky for sterling – not unlike reaction to the...
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November 24th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
When it came to pre-Budget prep, the chancellor could hardly have had a worse Friday. New figures showed UK government borrowing overshot expectations in October....
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November 17th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Last Friday began with bombshell reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was set to ditch her well-publicised plans to raise income tax at the autumn Budget (26...
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November 3rd, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Sterling fell to a six-month low against the US dollar to end last week ahead of an interest rate decision from the Bank of England that looks more intriguing by the...
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October 27th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Last week finally delivered a dose of optimism for the UK economy after a long period spent mired in defeatism. Inflationary pressures look to be retreating (both for...
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