Economy

The Year of Hard Truths – A Look Ahead to the 2014 Budget

February 16, 2014 by TIna

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, will deliver the 2014 Budget on Wednesday, 19th March – little more than three months after he delivered the Autumn Statement.

When Osborne delivered his Budget in March 2013, the news for the UK economy wasn’t particularly good – in fact, many commentators were worrying about the UK slipping back into a ‘triple-dip recession.’ Since then, the forecasts and figures are much improved and in December, the Chancellor was able to predict growth of 1.4% in 2013 and 2.4% in 2014.

February Market Commentary

February 05, 2014 by TIna

Category: Economy & Investments & Market commentary & Uncategorized

Well, not a good start to the year. In order to bring you this bulletin we record the month-end figures of eleven of the world’s leading stock markets. They were all down in January: Germany and France were the ‘best’ performers with falls of only 3% whilst Brazil and Japan recorded falls of 8%

Inflation Rates: What’s Pushing our Prices Up or Down?

February 04, 2014 by TIna

Category: CPI & Economy & inflation & Investments & savings & Uncategorized

The ONS (Office of National Statistics) revealed recently that the UK inflation rate had dropped to 2% in December 2013, but what actually contributes to influencing our inflation rate, moving the prices of the goods we use up or down?

December Market Commentary

December 06, 2013 by TIna

Category: Economy & markets & Uncategorized

Click click merrily on high – the virtual tills are ringing

The Guardian’s bid for Financial Headline of the Year brought down the curtain on ‘Black Friday’ and heralded ‘Cyber Monday.’ Black Friday is the Friday before the Thanksgiving weekend in the US: it is supposed to be the day on which stores move into profit for the year as eager shoppers – seduced by special offers – flood the malls.

Do September sales figures evidence economic recovery?

November 05, 2013 by TIna

Category: Economy & Lifestyle & sales & Uncategorized

The Office of National Statistics’ (ONS) estimates of retail sales continued to show growth in the UK retail industry in its September 2013 monthly report.

October Market Commentary

October 01, 2013 by TIna

Category: Economy & Market commentary & property & Uncategorized

Just when it was all going so well…

By and large, the news coming out of world financial centres in September was good. In the UK, Jaguar was planning to create 1,700 more jobs and the OECD were revising their growth forecasts upwards. Shares in the US ‘roared to record levels’ as the Federal Reserve decided to continue its $85bn a month stimulus plan and in the Far East there was a thaw in North and South Korean relations as the Kaesong industrial complex re-opened.

The Year of Hard Truths – A Look Ahead to the 2014 Budget

February Market Commentary

Inflation Rates: What’s Pushing our Prices Up or Down?

December Market Commentary

Do September sales figures evidence economic recovery?

October Market Commentary

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