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Every Friday we publish ‘The Friday Update.’ It’s a brief 60-second wrap-up of the key economic news of the week.
This week has been dominated by the news coming out of Ukraine. Key markets took an initial hit first thing yesterday morning but started to recover over the course of yesterday and this morning. The Pound has taken a hit against the Dollar over the course of the last couple of days, something ?expected given […]
This week was dominated by the threats of potential war in Ukraine which had markets on edge around the world. Most people will be breathing a sigh of relief as the week draws to a close and the borders of Ukraine remain intact. We were greeted by the grim news in the middle of the […]
This week’s biggest economic news came first thing this morning with the ONS (Office for National Statistics) releasing figures showing surprisingly strong economic growth for the UK in 2021. Most headlines picked up on the fact that this was the strongest rebound since World War Two. The key figure being that GDP expanded by 7.5%. […]
In November last year, economic activity was back to where it was before the pandemic. Since then, the spread of Omicron meant people spent less, but as the number of new cases falls, we expect spending to go up again. The number of people out of work is going down. The unemployment rate is only […]