Slowing wage growth complicates economic picture ahead of the Budget
Wages grew 5.7% over the three months to January versus 6% last month
Bank Of England
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SVB collapse brings Fed rate hiking pause into play
As HSBC rescues the bank’s UK arm
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Is the UK heading towards a recession?
Chat about the possibility of a UK recession reaches deafening levels as central banks raise rates to fight inflation. Portfolio Adviser attempts to make sense of the confusion
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European hawks firmly in flight as ECB hikes rates by 50bps
With a similar uplift on the cards for the next meeting in March
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BoE votes 7-2 to lift rates to 4% with further hikes likely
As the central bank acknowledges inflation has likely peaked
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Weekly outlook: Central banks to keep hiking as Apple and Shell report
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 30 January
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‘This too shall pass’: How the industry survived a turbulent 2022
After a year of seismic market shocks, four managers explain how they coped and what lessons they learnt ahead of the looming recession
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Inflation falls to 10.5% in December
Market watchers split on what declining inflation will mean for future rate rises
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MPC split as majority vote to raise interest rates to 3.5%
Two committee members backed no change, while one favoured a 75bps rise
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David Taylor: We stand out from large cap-focused crowd
But aversion to FTSE 100 names means the Chelverton UK Equity Income Fund has taken a bruising of late
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BoE bumps rates by largest single increase in 33 years
Market watchers expect pace of rate rises to slow following 75bps increase
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UK hit with another negative outlook rating
Moody’s joins Fitch and S&P in downgrading the UK’s outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’