Plenty to talk about in Rishi’s Reshuffle this week, little, if any, in a positive way, I’d say....
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“UK economy ekes out growth in August but not enough to prompt more rate rises”
Great news, our economy grew in August! Well, only on the face of it, apparently. You might think...
“Should Rishi Sunak’s recent net zero pivot be of concern?'”
The answer to the headline question should be, of course, a big, fat ‘Yes!’ Of course you can, and...
“UK economy slides by a steeper-than-expected 0.5% in July”
All sorts of mixed economic news for our little-old economy this week. There was ’negative growth’...
“Rishi Sunak commits to retention of state pension triple-lock”
The cynical might say that newly arrived in power and with five years ahead in which bad stuff can...
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a...
“Bank of England says UK economy coping with higher rates”
So here’s the good news. We plucky Brits are getting on with life in the face of rising interest...
“Wage growth was 7.3% from March to May in blow to Bank of England”
It’s very easy to point fingers at the memory of, just a couple of short years ago, the promise of...
“UK economy to shrink by 0.3% – the worst of any G7 country, as IMF warns of more turmoil”
An ‘alternative’ (GB News) headline spoke of doom-mongering, Johnny-foreigners talking down our...
“Rishi Sunak sets up review to tackle ‘anti-maths mindset'”
If you’re a client, you might not find it particularly comforting to know that I hated maths at...
“UK wages grow faster than expected in the last quarter of 2022”
So here’s the dilemma for the Bank of England. Do they push up interest rates further, pushing...
“How the world economy could avoid recession”
Fund managers can often sound like politicians; or economists; or even weather forecasters. ‘The...
“CBI boss urges Sunak to show more ambition on economy”
For the first time for a long-time, someone with some positive, non-binary (in the old sense)...
“Passive funds leak £4.5bn in first annual outflow since 2015”
‘Passive’ funds are full of investments which track stock market indices of various kinds. Some of...
“Rishi Sunak wants all pupils to study maths to age 18”
‘You must have been really good at maths at school’ and bet you love numbers’ I often hear. The...