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Insights
23/06/2021
Another Sterling Performance
Productivity is expected to be lower this morning in England as the national team managed a 1-0 victory in a late starting game at Wembley…
21/06/2021
Fed-Express
Since the news from the Fed last week that interest rates are likely to rise at some point in 2023…
17/06/2021
Fed Up-beat on Economy
The federal reserve released its latest update on the condition of the US economy last night…
15/06/2021
Waiting Game
It wasn’t the news we wanted, but the news we knew was coming…
11/06/2021
To Summit Up
In positive news, poorer countries will begin to receive vaccines from the UK over the next few weeks…
09/06/2021
Mid-Week Summary
The UK and EU are set to meet today to discuss the Northern Ireland protocol…
07/06/2021
Minimum Tax, Maximum Loopholes?
The G7 meeting hasn’t even started yet, but that hasn’t stopped the finance ministers getting their moment in the sun…
04/06/2021
To Farm, or to Non-Farm
The markets are facing another challenging US employment report…
01/06/2021
Weekend Summary
The news we couldn’t escape for most of the weekend was the ‘will they – won’t they’…
27/05/2021
Cummings and Goings
If there were ever a modern day version of history repeating itself, Dominic ‘Guy Fawkes’ Cummings would be it…
26/05/2021
The Eagle Has Landed
The UK Government is ramping up their vaccine drive, following a well document supply issue…
25/05/2021
Back-To-Normal Progress
The majority of financial column inches are given over to central bankers just about everywhere…
20/05/2021
Furlough to Fulltime
In a week where the US Government all but confirmed the existence of aliens…
19/05/2021
Times Are Changing
Brent dropped over 3% after reports began to emerge after progress was touted on a breakthrough in negations for the US and Iran Nuclear deal…
17/05/2021
Monday Madness
If last weeks payrolls numbers let the market down last week, yesterday’s inflation number more than made up for things…
13/05/2021
A Long Hot Summer (For Inflation at Least)
If last weeks payrolls numbers let the market down last week, yesterday’s inflation number more than made up for things…
11/05/2021
Phase Three Freedom
Stage three of the easing of restrictions is exactly as expected, with indoor dining, hotels, cinemas and other relatively close contact leisure pursuits (including hugging)…
06/05/2021
Oil and Gold, if you’re feeling bold
Joe Biden has signalled that he’s willing to remove intellectual property rights for covid vaccines…
05/05/2021
Confidence and Inflation: Both Rising, Both Here to Stay?
UK consumer confidence has hit its highest peak since the pandemic began…
29/04/2021
Brits Abroad
Spain has warned the UK that it will only allow Brits to holiday in the country this summer if the arrangement is reciprocal…
28/04/2021
Mid-Week Brief
Markets are pretty benign and have been for the majority of the week so far…
26/04/2021
Monday Madness
After a data heavy session on Friday, there was a lot of positives to take…
22/04/2021
Mid-Weeker
The UK economy is well on track for a roaring year of growth…
21/04/2021
Mid-Weeker
An impressive covid statistic to start the day…
20/04/2021
Climate Goals
‘Britcoin’ could be coming to a virtual wallet near you in the next few years…
19/04/2021
Monday Rundown
There’s been a big bitcoin sell-off over the weekend, with the risk-off sentiment…
15/04/2021
Quick Catchup
The OECD has suggested that the current stamp duty holiday should be made permanent and…
13/04/2021
Retail Therapy
Oxford Street and high streets across the nation were busier yesterday than at any other time since the start of the year…
09/04/2021
UK Headwinds
We start in Northern Ireland, where violence has continued for an eighth night…
07/04/2021
Risk On. For Now
We’re a few days into the new financial year and investors seem reasonably up…
01/04/2021
FY22 - And They're Off.
Risk was on as we closed out the month/quarter/financial year yesterday…
31/03/2021
EU Looks to Sputnik to Speed Up Rollout
European headlines are a slight cause for concern this morning…
29/03/2021
Weekend Summary
The Ever Given has been almost completely re-floated and will now be moved…
26/03/2021
DIY Saves Sales
Sterling caught a tailwind last night and headed higher…
24/03/2021
Mid-Week Movers
We saw risk come off in the markets yesterday, with equities lower and the dollar stronger…
23/03/2021
365 Days of Restrictions (and counting)
A Year Later…
22/03/2021
Let's Talk Turkey
The news that has the markets moving is that of Turkish President Erdogan sacking the head of the central bank…
19/03/2021
War of Words
Talks between the US and China didn’t get off to a great start…
18/03/2021
Global Relations
Markets waited patiently for the Fed last night and couldn’t really have asked for more…
17/03/2021
Running Late (but just as great?)
The government passed the first hurdle of getting their crime bill across the line…
16/03/2021
EU Goes Legal
It wasn’t the best of days for the Pound yesterday…
11/03/2021
Inflation Fears Allayed, For Now
The US inflation number we spoke of yesterday came in low enough to keep investors happy…
10/03/2021
EU Goes Legal
The action by the UK government to unilaterally extend the grace period in Northern Ireland has been met with…
08/03/2021
Back To School
Biden’s bill passed the Senate over the weekend…
05/03/2021
Markets Turned Off By Easy Money
The dust has settled on the budget from Wednesday and its safe to say that…
03/03/2021
Today's Viewing: Holyrood followed by Westminster
It’s budget day today, but this might not be the political highlight…
01/03/2021
Spring has Sprung
Most of the UK financial coverage over the weekend is surrounding…
26/02/2021
Friday Feeling
It’s taken month end repositioning to stem Sterling’s rise and the turnaround…
24/02/2021
Mid-Weeker
With dates in everyone’s diaries for the end of restrictions, Rishi Sunak…
23/02/2021
British Bull Pounds On
Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson illuminated the route out of lockdown…
22/02/2021
Monday Rundown
Road To Recovery
18/02/2021
Retail Therapy
When in Doubt… Go Shopping
16/02/2021
Tuesday, in Brief
The IFS has put a number on tax rises that they think the chancellor will have to implement…
15/02/2021
The Monday Rundown
Today is a good news day… Starting with the government…
12/02/2021
Year of the Ox
Andy Haldane, The Bank of England’s glass half full, thinks the economy is set for a massive…
11/02/2021
Singapore-upon-Thames, or Brussels-by-Sea?
It was a busy evening for reserve bankers with Both Andrew Bailey and Jerome Powell speaking
10/02/2021
Mid-Weeker
The EU want more time to ratify the Brexit deal…
08/02/2021
Weekend Summary
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey spoke to the Observer over the weekend…
05/02/2021
That Friday Feeling
It was a win-win for Sterling yesterday…
03/02/2021
Drag-he Before the President
European politics and a strong word from the ECB seem to have got the better of the Euro…
01/02/2021
What Went Wrong
Political hardball went from zero to sixty very quickly on Friday
28/01/2021
Feel the Squeeze
The Federal Reserve, as expected, took a very dovish tone last night, as they committed to…
14/01/2021
Biden's Bailout Bonanza
Show Me The Money
13/01/2021
Another Historic Day in the Offing?
Freight costs to get goods in to the UK are soaring post Brexit
11/01/2021
Reality be Damned... We're High on Stimulus
To Infinity and Beyond
08/01/2021
That Friday Feeling
No Concern, Yet Still Relief?
07/01/2021
America Breaks
What Just Happened?
06/01/2021
Democrats: One Down, One to Go
Midnight Train to… Yep, You Guessed it.
05/01/2021
US Election: Ctrl ATL Repeat?
Georgia On My Mind
04/01/2021
2021. Under Starters Orders
And They’re Off…