UK stocks dipped on Friday as tariff uncertainties and weaker-than-expected US jobs growth impacted investor sentiment. The FTSE 100 fell by 0.3%, easing from a record high set on Thursday. Despite ...
The more President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on the US’s trading partners, the more the worry of another inflation wave troubles global economists. Stubborn consumer-price growth was bothering ...
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year. At such a critical moment ...
The rationale for the bank’s doves may be to frontload cuts — the UK still has some of the highest rates globally — before the rise in inflation makes it prohibitive. This was the market’s ...