February 18th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
The implied odds of the Bank of England cutting interest rates at its March meeting surged beyond 80% this morning as fresh data pointed to a weakened jobs market and...
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February 17th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
The UK’s headline unemployment rate increased slightly to 5.2% in the three months to December, slightly exceeding market forecasts and marking the highest jobless rate...
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February 16th, 2026
By Christopher Nye
After treading water against the US dollar and euro last week as the febrile atmosphere at Westminster calmed, somewhat, this is the week when economics comes back in...
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February 13th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
An underwhelming economic performance didn’t have much of a negative impact on the pound yesterday. In fact, sterling was on course to strengthen against the euro and...
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February 12th, 2026
By Ryan Morrison
It was supposed to be a small step forward. Instead, this morning’s GDP figures showed the UK economy barely moved in the final quarter of last year. Growth came...
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February 11th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
A defiant Sir Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to “never walk away from the country I love” amid a damaging political crisis that has sent the pound tumbling in the...
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