The Bank of England's rate cut challenge: stumbling growth and stubborn inflation
The Bank of England must contend with a slowdown in Britain's economy but also stubborn inflation pressures when it considers ...
Slow UK growth ticks up in January but price pressures climb, PMI shows
Tepid growth across British businesses edged up at the start of 2025 but employment and optimism contracted again and price ...
Major Economies' Rate Paths To Split As Economic Growth Divergence Widens
Economic strength in the US relative to other major economies is likely to drive contrasting paths for interest rates ...
Job losses rocket after Reeves’s record tax raid
Companies are cutting jobs at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, barring the pandemic, after Rachel Reeves ...
Stumbling Growth and Stubborn Inflation: the BoE's Rate Cut Challenge
Inflation is stuck above the BoE's 2% target and looks set to rise further while the economy has stagnated since the middle ...
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Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares
Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Central banks around the world are expected to lower borrowing costs as global inflation eases from the multi ...
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When will interest rates fall again? Forecasts on when base rate will be cut
The Bank of England opted to hold the base rate at ... The MPC sets interest rates to try to keep consumer prices inflation (CPI) at the Bank and Government's 2 per cent target.
IG Group boosts share buyback programme to £200m following Freetrade acquisition
The firm's first half results have prompted it to increase share buybacks from its previous £150m target to £200m ...
UK Consumer Morale Sinks to Lowest Since Late 2023: GfK Survey
The monthly consumer confidence index published by market research firm GfK fell in January to -22 from -17 in December, its lowest reading since December 2023. A Reuters poll of economists had ...
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FTSE 100 retreats from record to fall; Storm Eowyn batters Ireland and Scotland
Marks and Spencer (LON: MKS) Group PLC continue to lead the day’s fallers, down 3.6%, while a lack of major movers saw Taylor ...
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Severn Trent to hike dividend payouts as consumer bills rise
The rise is based on the consumer prices index including owner occupiers' housing ... that it would still have the second lowest bills in England and be giving £575million in financial assistance ...
Trump tariff mantra wins first geopolitical test
EU mid-market update: AI industry gets rattled by DeepSeek, putting OpenAI and Nvidia dominance in severe doubt; Trump tariff ...