FTSE 100 close: London flat as investors await health check on UK economy, real estate merger creates £2.6bn fund February 12, 2024 Investors were largely sitting on their heads ahead of a packed calendar of data releases.
Pay growth to ease for first time since Covid in ‘key moment for labour market’ February 12, 2024 Jon Boys, senior labour market economist for the CIPD, said "this feels like a key moment in the UK labour market".
Winter recession to be confirmed for UK economy – but experts are upbeat about 2024 February 12, 2024 New figures are likely to confirm that the UK economy fell into a shallow recession in the second half of last year, but experts are hopeful that 2024 will be a better year.
FTSE 100 today: London markets set for muted start amid thin Asian holiday trade February 12, 2024 Australia's equities slip, while Asian markets remain closed for holidays; Bitcoin surges, and gold pauses in light trading. Eyes are on Tuesday's U.S. inflation report and Fed speeches.
Business confidence ‘cautiously’ returns as service sector continues recovery February 12, 2024 A continued recovery for the service sector has boosted UK business confidence as output levels start to inch closer to pre-inflation highs.
Bank of England to start cutting interest rates in May with inflation on its way to target February 12, 2024 Andrew Bailey, the Bank's governor, noted the "good news" on inflation while Huw Pill, the Bank's chief economist, suggested rate cuts were a "when rather than an if".
Inflation set to rise again in January but experts say increase is just ‘a bump in the road’ February 10, 2024 Both City experts and the Bank of England think that headline inflation will rise to around 4.1 per cent in January, having already posted a surprise rise to four per cent in December.
FTSE 100 close: London closes another disappointing week in the red February 9, 2024 Shares in Tesco climbed after Barclays confirmed that it was buying the supermarket's retail banking arm for around £600m.
Capital Economics: AI ‘bubble’ now more of a risk for markets than interest rates February 9, 2024 While it was still "too early" to be confident that interest rates won't cause some imbalances, "the chances of a systemic financial event are diminishing".
Bank’s Haskel wants ‘more evidence’ of falling inflation before cutting interest rates February 9, 2024 In an interview with Reuters, Haskel said "the signs that we've seen thus far are encouraging. I don't think we've seen quite enough signs yet".