The World In A Week – Chinese Delicacy

Written by Chris Ayton Markets were mixed over the week. The UK equity market continued to give back some of its year end gains, with the FTSE All Share Index -0.7% over the week.  Conversely, MSCI…

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The World In A Week – New Year Hangover

Written by Cormac Nevin Markets were challenged in the first trading week of 2024, perhaps recovering from the exuberance witnessed in the final two months of 2023. The MSCI All Country World Index…

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The World In A Week – The busier the economic calendar, the bigger the surprise

Written by Ilaria Massei A big surprise on Tuesday came from the number of job openings in the U.S. which decreased by 617,000 from the previous month to 8.7 million in October 2023, marking the…

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The World In A Week – Stocks and Bonds to Jingle All the Way?

Written by Ashwin Gurung The MSCI All-Country World Index, which tracks the performance of global equities, returned +8.1% in November in local currency terms, marking its most impressive month since…

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The World In A Week – A cut in taxes and a boost in confidence

Written by Dominic Williams Jeremy Hunt's 'Autumn Statement for Growth' marked a departure from his March Budget, which lacked significant tax cuts, featured numerous spending promises, and produced…

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The World In A Week – Have we reached the summit?

Written by Shane Balkham. UK inflation fell to below 5% in October, on the back of a sharp decline in energy costs.  The monthly publication from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed a…

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The World In A Week – The Great Escape (from Recession)

Written by Millan Chauhan The Office for National Statistics released the latest monthly GDP data for the UK, which saw the economy grow at +0.2% in September 2023, which equated to a third quarter…

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The World In A Week – Economy or Inflation – That is the Question

Written by Chris Ayton The impact of higher UK interest rates is increasingly evident in many sectors of the economy. For example, last week The Insolvency Service released data showing the highest…

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The World In A Week – Held Steady

Written by Ilaria Massei The Office for National Statistics published a new set of data elaborating on a new methodology, which signalled that the UK's unemployment rate increased to 4.2% during the…

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The World In A Week – The Refinancing Challenge is Real

Written by Cormac Nevin Last week was a challenging one for markets, with the MSCI All Country World Index of global equities down -2.6% in both GBP and local currency terms. It was a broad-based…

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The World In A Week – UK resilience in August

Written by Dominic Williams. UK GDP figures were released by the Office for National Statistics last Thursday, showing that the UK economy expanded by 0.2 per cent in August. This marks a reversal…

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The World In A Week – One last hike?

Written by Millan Chauhan US markets are currently weighing up whether the Federal Reserve will implement a further interest rate hike at their next scheduled meeting at the end of October. At the…

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