December 18th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
Today’s interest rate decision from the Bank of England looks as close to a done deal as you’ll find in currency markets. As of yesterday afternoon, the implied...
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December 17th, 2025
By Christopher Nye
Those years of high interest rates seem finally to be having an effect, as inflation has just been revealed to have come crashing down to 3.2% annually, much lower than...
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December 16th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
The United Kingdom’s unemployment rate increased slightly from 5% to 5.1% in October. While in line with forecasts, that took the headline rate of joblessness to its...
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December 15th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
A 0.1% contraction for the UK economy in October sent the pound lower by roughly half a cent against its key rivals, beginning Monday at a two-week low against both the...
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December 12th, 2025
By Christopher Nye
It was all downhill for the dollar yesterday as the markets considered that the only way is down for US interest rates. This belief was supported by a bump in initial...
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December 11th, 2025
By Jonathan Cook
At its last meeting of 2025, the Federal Reserve voted to cut interest rates by a quarter point (0.25%). That decision put to bed weeks of frenzied speculation from...
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