Weekly outlook: European sentiment surveys due and AG Barr reports
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 25 September
Macro News
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Bank of England holds rates flat with MPC split following inflation drop
The MPC voted by five members to four to hold at 5.25%
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Federal Reserve ‘more hawkish than expected’ as it pauses hikes
Jerome Powell indicated another hike this year is on the cards
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Unexpected fall in inflation opens door to Bank of England rate hold
CPI at 6.7% on an annualised basis versus forecast of 7.1%
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Central bank look ahead: Policy to diverge ahead of interest rate decisions by the Fed, BoE and BoJ
Commentators expecting the Bank of England to hike on Thursday
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Weekly outlook: Fed and Bank of England set to make interest rate decisions
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 18 September
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EU ‘teetering’ on the brink of recession: Investment industry reacts to ECB rate hike
Eurozone interest rates could remain at restrictive levels for “quite some time”
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‘Economy buckling under strain of rate rises’: UK GDP falls 0.5% in July
The slide was much greater than forecasts of 0.2%
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Unemployment rises but strong wage growth puts Bank of England in a quandary
Joblessness edged up by 0.1% in August to 4.3%
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Weekly outlook: ECB to make interest rates decision and Associated British Foods reports
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 11 September
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Food fuels 4.1% UK retail sales increase
Non-food sales dropped 0.2% in August, according to British Retail Consortium
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Weekly outlook: Australian and Canadian central banks set to make interest rate decisions
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 4 September