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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?

The Dollar’s on the slide

The US dollar recently hit a two-year low as markets move firmly into ‘risk-on’ mode.

World’s debt balloons

Covid-19 is being allowed to let rip in the public finances.

A global property boom

Covid-19 has pushed the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

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.

London property remains over-valued

London’s housing market remains over-valued, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index.

South Africa faces storm

“The storm is upon us,” says South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. Already in recession before the pandemic hit, South Africa has been the fifth-worst hit country in the world measured by the number of coronavirus cases.

Recession in Turkey

Having just returned from Turkey, it is clear that it’s currency – the Lira – is back in the firing line. The Turkish tourism industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, reducing crucial foreign-currency earnings.

China leads global recovery whilst tensions escalate

Despite China's increasingly belligerent stance provoking a global backlash, it is, by far, the world’s best-performing big economy this year.

A sunny retirement

Want to live a very low tax retirement? Good news: you can.

Hong Kong’s new normal

It has been ten days since a new security law, effectively imposed by the Chinese government, came into effect, but already the atmosphere in Hong Kong has changed dramatically.