Economy

That’s Resilience for You: US Q3 GDP Growth Revised Up from 4.9% to 5.2%

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Despite economic concerns over issues such as inflation and rising interest rates, geo-political tensions and hostilities, the world’s largest economy has just had its gross domestic product growth revised up to 5.2% for period from July to September 2023, according to the Daily FX website. The Financial Times (2023) initially reported the story at the […]

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Higher For Longer: A Cure and a Curse

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Global Investors, large and small, are grappling with the timely dilemma of when will central banks begin to cut base interest rates from their current levels in combating inflation from the post-pandemic supply shock issues, increase levels of government borrowing, and recent wage demands, especially in countries such as the UK? The Bank of England

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A Fresh Look: How to navigate 21st Century Challenges For A Private Investor

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Since the January 2022 blog, a rather lot economically and geo-politically has occurred, namely war in Ukraine which has given cause or excuse to global inflationary concerns with rising food and commodity prices. Fuel bills soared in 2022 with prices caps being introduced the alleviate consumer concerns. Prices for gas have since fallen although UK

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What’s to do in ’22

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When government calls for social restraint or implements COVID restrictions in order as claimed to slow the spread of the latest variant and reduce demands on the health service. The result are curbs on people’s liberty and a reduction in economic activity. Whether these are justified or effective are the subject of political debate and

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FTSE100 up or down- who cares and when to jump ship and move on?

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The choice for investing in numerous assets classes, around the world, using a plethora of investment platforms to execute or discuss trades with fellow speculators have increasingly served private investors well so far in the 21st century, despite difficult periods such as the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-9 and through further dips and recoveries since.

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2021 Half-time Report: The Wrong Kind of Recovery

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Inflation is on the rise, from above its 2% inflation target for the first time in many years, and global interest rates are still at historically ultra-low levels to allow for a broad-based recovery from the pandemic. This current scenario is making central bank economists nervous and producers stress over price rises, material shortages and

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Happy New Year 2021-Whooping it up in Wuhan while UK Re-enters Lockdown.

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The photographs and news reports of people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020, enjoying their new year celebrations while reports of curtailed events in the UK, especially in Edinburgh with its deserted Princes St. instead of the famous annual street party celebrated by tens of thousands, has

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Winners and Losers in 2020: Good to Have A Trade at Your Fingertips or Profession When Working at Home

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2020 year’s end is beginning to show who the winners and losers are in the economic impact of global coronavirus pandemic. Notwithstanding over 1.6 million deaths so far, the effects of the pandemic are going to be felt well beyond 2021. The vaccination programmes, which started in the UK on the 8th December, will take

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Living with Coronavirus

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The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought a global lockdown that has postponed or cancelled many plans and events, including the European Football Championship and the Tokyo Olympics. It has sadly claimed 679,974 lives so far and climbing with spikes across European countries and numbers climbing rapidly in populous counties like India with strict regional

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