Year: 2021
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UK House prices booming
UK house prices have risen to new to record highs. Demand continues to outpace supply, helped by continued low interest rates, the return of 95% mortgages and the stamp-duty holiday extension.
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Chinese markets fall
Investors in China have had a reality check.
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The risks of vaccine nationalism
The threat of an all-out vaccine war between Britain and the EU appeared to recede last week, with both Boris Johnson and German leader Angela Merkel trying to calm tensions and remember international ‘interdependencies’.
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Rishi’s Recovery budget
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has had an exciting first year in the role.
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UK welcomes HongKong Nationals
Migration agents in Hong Kong have seen a rush of enquiries from people seeking to access the UK’s new visa scheme, which came into force on 31st January.
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The Great Crash of 2021?
US stocks are more expensive than they were prior to the Wall Street crash of 1929 on a cyclically adjusted price/earnings.
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The Arab Spring : Ten Years on
Ten years ago, the Arab world was rocked by mass protests and popular uprisings that ousted dictators.
