The United Kingdom’s bond market has spent much of 2026 as a barometer of Middle East risk as much as domestic economic health, and the pattern...
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% on July 30, but the accompanying message was anything but reassuring: policymakers now...
The UK economy is sending genuinely mixed signals heading into autumn 2026, and the next six weeks will determine which signal wins out. Economists expect official...
There is no bank queue, no dramatic headline photo — just a steady, monthly bleed of capital out of UK equity funds that has now become...
Britain’s economy is growing again — just not fast enough to spare Chancellor Rachel Reeves from another difficult budget. The UK expanded by roughly 0.1% in...
Four major UK forecasters — the OBR, the Bank of England-adjacent IFS, NIESR, and RSM UK — are converging on a similar diagnosis for 2026: an...
Analysis of how the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan could reshape global markets, inflation, currencies and economic growth in 2026.Executive SummaryThe world’s...
Introduction Keir Starmer’s resignation as UK Prime Minister on 22 June 2026 has done something British politics has made almost routine over the past decade: force...
UK inflation fell to 2.8% by May 2026, but the Bank of England expects it to climb back to roughly 3.5–3.8% by year-end as the delayed...
UK inflation held at 2.8% in May 2026, unchanged from April, but the Bank of England’s own forward guidance tells a less reassuring story: Governor Andrew...