The pound climbed to its highest level this year against the dollar as traders covered short positions built up during a selloff in January.
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4 min read23 Jan 2025By slowing sales of gilts at a loss, the central bank would be taking pressure off the treasury.
3 min read16 Jan 2025It’s not perfect, but the central bank has been better than others in terms of honesty, humility, and willingness to learn from its mistakes.
2 min read15 Jan 2025Britain has a data problem that is raising fears of policy mis-steps at a critical juncture for the UK economy.
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1 min read18 Nov 2024The Bank of England is all but assured to cut interest rates by another quarter point this week, but a second US presidential term for Donald Trump has cast new uncertainty over future policy easing in the UK.
4 min read6 Nov 2024A third of Britain’s official “shopping basket” has slipped into deflation, providing another green light for the Bank of England to cut interest rates.
3 min read6 Nov 2024The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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