Weekly Report – Inflation data suggests further consumer pain

By Greg Smith on Monday, December 5th, 2022

in Blog, Market Insights

GBP – Inflation data suggests further consumer pain The British Retail Consortium data last week showed a further acceleration in general shopping and food price inflation.  There was also data from the Bank of England showing a continued slowdown in mortgage activity and consumer borrowing. All of this activity has fed into recent surveys showing […]

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Weekly Report – Markets are calmer with slower hikes expected

By Greg Smith on Monday, November 28th, 2022

in Blog, Market Insights

GBP – Markets calmer with slowing in monetary policy hikes expected The volatility has reduced somewhat over the last few weeks, with the markets calmer with the government and budget.  The markets are expecting an earlier easing in the pace of monetary policy tightening. This has seen 10-year gilt yields fall below 3% for the […]

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