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.
SHARP DECLINE IN UK/EU TRADE AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND BREXIT COMBINE
This week we got news that UK exports to the EU dropped by 40 per cent in January.
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POTENTIAL FOR SWIFT RECOVERY PROMPTS FEARS OF INFLATION
This week there was a bit of excitement in markets as investors tried to process what an end to the coronavirus pandemic might mean. In the
first instance there is some hope this might mean a strong recovery over the summer, as pent up demand gets released and some of the savings
people made over 2020 get spent.
THE FRICTIONAL COSTS OF TRADING POST-BREXIT ARE BECOMING MORE APPARENT
This week we caught a slight glimpse of what life was like in the before times, when the most notable news we had to deal with was a couple of central bank statements.
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UK AND EUROPE WAITING FOR COVID VACCINATIONS TO REVIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH
This week we caught a slight glimpse of what life was like in the before times, when the most notable news we had to deal with was a couple of central bank statements.
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US FED RESERVES JUDGEMENT WHILE RETAIL INVESTORS TAKE ON WALL ST
This week we caught a slight glimpse of what life was like in the before times, when the most notable news we had to deal with was a couple of central bank statements.
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JOE BIDEN RESTORES NORMALITY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS THE UK FINALLY HITS A COVID-19 TARGET
This week the Donald Trump era came to an end as Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States in a low key and, thankfully, low drama ceremony.
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TURBULENT START TO 2021 DASHES HOPES OF A LESS EVENTFUL YEAR
The Bank of England continues to move closer to implementing negative interest rates in its efforts to stimulate the economy in the face of the coronavirus-inspired recession and potential effect of no-deal with the EU.
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