Articles
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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.
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Is Britain’s house-price boom set to continue?
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, UK house prices have been rising fast this year. Will that continue in 2021?
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The Dollar’s on the slide
The US dollar recently hit a two-year low as markets move firmly into ‘risk-on’ mode.
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World’s debt balloons
Covid-19 is being allowed to let rip in the public finances.
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A global property boom
Covid-19 has pushed the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression.
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Oil prices stalling
Are we heading for another oil-price slump? Benchmark Brent crude futures plunged to an 18-year low of around $19 a barrel in April, while US oil futures briefly went negative.
