UK Financial Pulse: $105 Oil, 2007 Gilt Highs and a Budget That Could Define a Generation

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy faces mounting pressure from renewed energy inflation, rising borrowing costs and diminishing fiscal flexibility as Chancellor Healey’s 28 October Budget approaches. Brent…

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UK Financial Pulse: Gilt Yields at 1998 Levels, 95% Rate Hike Odds and a Landmark Week for Deals

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy continues to show underlying resilience, but the combination of higher energy prices, inflation and surging borrowing costs is creating an increasingly difficult…

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UK Financial Pulse: Rate Hike Odds Rise, Borrowing Overshoots and the Budget Countdown Intensifies

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy entered the final stretch of September with resilience increasingly tested by renewed inflationary pressure and a global bond rout that is tightening…

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UK Financial Pulse: Retail Resilience, Rate Divisions and the CGT Question Hanging Over the Market

Key Points from the Week: UK economic data presented a mixed but increasingly complex picture this week. August retail sales volumes rose 0.5% month-on-month, substantially outperforming expectations and taking annual…

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UK Financial Pulse: Technology Drives Growth, Oil Drives Inflation and the Budget Looms Large

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy has delivered stronger-than-expected momentum, with July GDP expanding 0.4% against expectations of no growth, driven by services activity and meaningful contributions from…

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UK Financial Pulse: Multi-Decade Gilt Highs, Budget Countdown and a Deal Market That Won’t Pause

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy is showing tentative signs of improvement, with permanent hiring returning to growth for the first time in almost four years, services activity…

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UK Financial Pulse: Debt at 30-Year Highs, Windfall Tax Fears and a Sector Building Ahead of the Budget

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy continues to show resilience, but the fiscal and monetary policy outlook is growing more complex by the week ahead of Chancellor Healey's…

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UK Financial Pulse: Consumer Confidence Up, Gilt Yields Above 5% and a Deal Market in Full Swing

Key Points from the Week: The UK enters the final stretch before the October Budget with a more positive growth backdrop but increasingly difficult fiscal constraints. Services PMI rose to…

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UK Financial Pulse: Stronger Growth, Higher Tax Fears and a Sector Still Moving With Purpose

Key Points from the Week: The UK economy delivered a stronger-than-expected performance in Q2, expanding 0.4% despite the energy shock and geopolitical uncertainty, with services and AI-related activity contributing significantly…

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UK Financial Pulse: Growth Returns, Gilt Markets Strengthen and Financial Services Builds On

Key Points from the Week: The UK economic outlook showed tentative signs of improvement this week, with the services sector returning to growth in July as new orders and business…

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