Eurozone inflation slowdown raises hopes that price rises may be near their peak Energy price rises ease while the pace of increasing food costs accelerates, with all eyes on the ECB’s next rate call Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022
German industrial workers to get pay raises in 2-year deal Germany’s biggest industrial union has agreed with employers on a pay deal that will see millions of workers get raises totaling 8.5% over two years as well as one-time payments meant to cushion the effect of sky-high inflation The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Asian stocks mixed after Wall St falls, China retail slows Asian stocks are higher after Wall Street gave back some of last week’s huge gains, the American and Chinese presidents met and China’s consumer spending shrank in a sign its economy is weakening The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022
Londoners brace for a long recession and numbers out on Friday could be the start of it Attention in the boardrooms and cab ranks of the capital turns to looming GDP readout Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2022
Asia stocks fall after Fed says more US rate hikes likely Asian stock markets have sunk after the Federal Reserve added to fears of a possible recession by saying it wasn’t finished raising U.S. interest rates to cool inflation The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Warning to homeowners as mortgage prices could spike again today The Bank of England is expected to unveil the biggest interest rates in decades Liverpool Echo · Nov 3, 2022
Mortgage warning as Bank of England expected to announce biggest interest rate hike since 1980s This could be the eighth time in a row that Bank of England hikes interest rates — less than a year ago it was 0.1pc. Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022
Mortgages could spike again as interest rates set for biggest rise since 1980s If – as expected – the Bank raises interest rates by 0.75 percentage points, it would be the biggest single increase since 1989. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Bank of England expected to raise interest rates by 33-year high to 3% Warnings that cuts and tax hikes could lead to deeper and longer recession Wales Online · Oct 28, 2022
European Central Bank hikes interest rates, fuelling recession fears ECB chief Christine Lagarde notes concerns but warns of further hikes to tackle soaring eurozone inflation The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022
Asian shares mostly lower on worries over China outlook Shares are mostly lower in Asia as markets remain shaken over the outcome of a Communist Party congress in China, where key reformers were excluded from the highest ranks of ruling party leadership The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022
ECB again Eyes Jumbo Rate Hike to 'Tame Inflation Beast' The European Central Bank is expected to set aside recession worries and deliver another jumbo interest rate hike this week to cool inflation, as Russia's war on Ukraine sends energy prices soaring. Inflation in the 19-nation eurozone climbed to an all-time high of nearly 10 percent in September, five times… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 24, 2022
Trussonomics’ true cost will be austerity and spending cuts to fill the fiscal hole Expect also a harder downturn if market credibility is to be restored, with a 2% contraction in GDP The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022
Australian banks close hundreds of branches and ATMs as services move online Since 2017, Australia has seen a 30 per cent drop in available bank branches nationally, with more than 300 closing in the past financial year. ABC News · Oct 19, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Pound rises and UK borrowing costs drop as Hunt scraps measures Yield on 30-year UK government bonds plummets as chancellor reverses more of Kwarteng mini-budget
Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022 Odds of US recession within next year climb to 60%, survey shows Odds now favor that the U.S. economy slipping into a recession within the next year, with economists expecting the labor market and demand will become casualties in the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle.
ABC News · Oct 12, 2022 Osko fast payment crash blamed on Reserve Bank technical problem A major outage of online fast inter-bank transfer system Osko leaves payments in limbo, with the Reserve Bank admitting fault.
Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2022 Gilt yields jump again on confusion over BoE intentions next week Governor Bailey insists that the emergency buying programme will end this week
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 10, 2022 Oil Falls as Investors Take Profit amid China Demand Concerns Oil prices fell on Monday, snapping five days of gains, as investors took profits after a report on slowing economic activity in China, the world's biggest crude importer, re-ignited concerns about falling global fuel demand. Brent crude futures for December settlement fell by as much as 1.1%, and was last…
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Hong Kong shares soar 6%, leading Asian market gains Hong Kong's share benchmark has soared more than 6% as Asian shares track gains on Wall Street
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The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022 Asian stocks sink on German inflation, British tax cuts Asian stocks have sunk again after German inflation spiked higher, British Prime Minister Liz Truss defended a tax-cut plan that rattled investors and Chinese manufacturing weakened
Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2022 South Korea’s factory output falls in warning for global economy Asia’s fourth-largest economy sees industrial output shrink a worse-than-expected 1.8 percent in August.
Bangkok Post · Sep 29, 2022 Baht leads declines among weak Asian currencies Most emerging Asian currencies weakened against a stronger US dollar on Thursday, with the Thai baht shedding more than 1% following a quarter-point rate hike that investors viewed as moderate to bring down inflation running at a 14-year high.
Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022 Pound steadies as Kwarteng heads for emergency meetings with banks Investors are demanding the kind of returns for lending to the UK usually associated with less stable nations