INFLATION UNDER SCRUTINY AS THE END OF LOCKDOWN CAUSES PRICES TO RISE SHARPLY
This week the spectre of inflation rattled markets, although some were less rattled than others. Stock markets, and the high-flying tech stocks in particular, were the most jittery with multiple swings up and down.
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INVESTORS WORRY IF RISING INFLATION IS TEMPORARY BLIP OR A LONGER TERM PROBLEM
This week the spectre of inflation rattled markets, although some were less rattled than others. Stock markets, and the high-flying tech stocks in particular, were the most jittery with multiple swings up and down.
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UK ON TRACK FOR RECORD GROWTH AS THE BANK OF ENGLAND UPGRADES ITS OUTLOOK
This week we got the much expected news from the Bank of England that the economy is forecast to grow quickly this year and they don’t plan on doing anything to stop it.
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SLOWING VACCINATION RATES CLOUD THE OTHERWISE SUNNY FORECAST FOR THE US
This week Joe Biden addressed the United States Congress for the first time as president and declared “the US is ready to take off”.
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UK’S ECONOMIC GROWTH NEEDS TO BE SEEN IN CONTEXT
This week the headline statistic that the UK economy has grown at its fastest pace in seven years initially seemed to suggest that the recovery from the pandemic was starting to pick up.
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POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS IS TEMPERED BY GLOBAL COVID CASES CONTINUING TO RISE
This week we have seen promising signs of the global economy reawakening from the forced hibernation brought about by the pandemic.
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VACCINATION PROGRAMMES HELP TO FEED THE POSITIVE NARRATIVE FOR EQUITY MARKETS
This week we saw some exceptional vaccination rates as the UK powers towards its target of vaccinating all over 50s before the middle of April.
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LET’S HOPE VACCINE NATIONALISM IS NOT THE START OF A LONG-TERM TREND
This week we saw some exceptional vaccination rates as the UK powers towards its target of vaccinating all over 50s before the middle of April.
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MARKETS SCEPTICAL ABOUT CENTRAL BANKS’ COMMITMENT TO LOW INTEREST RATES
This week we saw markets continue to worry about what a world without free money might look like, with government bonds getting dumped
despite US Federal Reserve claims that rate rises are two or three years away.
When your current mortgage deal comes to an end what are your best options?
There are many different reasons why people choose to switch mortgages, from debt consolidation, finding better interest rates, increasing or decreasing the loan and/or changing the mortgage term, to name but a few.
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