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The Pound stagnated, following the news that food inflation had hit a 15 year high. Kantar released data on Tuesday morning which showed that UK food inflation climbed to 17.5% during March, adding an additional £837 to the average UK household’s grocery bill. Due to the cost-of-living crisis embroiling the UK, sentiment seemed to wane […]

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The Bank of England (BoE) has raised the UK interest rates by 0.25 basis points to 4.25% to combat double-digit inflation. This is the 11th time in a row, in less than 18 months, that the central bank has increased rates, making borrowing costs higher despite the cost-of-living crisis that has hit UK households. It […]

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UK Core Inflation and Inflation Rate YoY (FEB) was forecast to drop by 0.1% (5.7%) and 0.2% (9.9%) respectively, but came in much higher at 6.2% and 10.4%, respectively.  MoM inflation also rose by 0.5% to 1.1%.  This will pose a big question for the BoE as a double-digit inflation may require more than the […]

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Pound Sterling continued to gain against the Euro after the ECB raised rates as expects but were not clear on the direction going forward. In the UK today the only bit of data to be released is the quarterly Bank of England/Ipsos Inflation Attitudes Survey which will provide an update on latest household inflation expectations. […]

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The main highlight of the past few days has been the failure of the tech startup-focused SVB and the crypto focussed Signature Bank – Sweden’s largest pension fund (also known as Alecta). Both the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration have agreed to cover the loss of depositors’ funds, which amount to more than $1Billion. […]

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UK GDP grew by 0.3% month by month in January compared to December’s drop of 0.5%. It’s the service sector that carried this gain, while manufacturing dropped off for January.   Yesterday’s release of continuing and initial jobless claims from the US showed an increase of people applying for unemployment benefits. This is release on […]

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The US Dollar has remained elevated this morning but further growth in the safe haven currency, following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell which pointed towards further interest rate hikes to tackle soaring inflation. This commentary reiterated previous comments that the Central Bank would likely need to raise rates more than expected, and possibly […]

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