Whitbread is bowing to investor pressure to spin-off its Costa Coffee subsidiary within two years.
Posted on 25th April 2018 .
UK economy was relegated to seventh place in the G7 league for 2017, but some hope was revealed in the latest data.
Posted on 23rd February 2018 .
The recent sell-off in stock markets seems to have occurred because of fears that the recent run of strong data on the US economy may precipitate more hikes in US interest rates than previously expected. Yesterday, the FED (US central bank) spoke, and the fears seem to have been confirmed.
Posted on 22nd February 2018 .
Data and surveys show that productivity is rising at last and wages may be set to jump. Is the economy finally getting the tonic it needs?
Posted on 22nd February 2018 .
The data is in, for UK plc, it is by no means a disaster, the figures are not awful – but it is clear, amongst all the EU countries for which we have data, the UK was the slowest growing economy in the EU last year.
Posted on 15th February 2018 .
The latest figures on US inflation are out, and they add substance to the fears that underpinned recent falls in stock markets – the data may point to a significant change in the US economy.
Posted on 15th February 2018 .
It’s been quite the start to the year: with stock markets beginning 2018 as they finished 2017, setting new records, then tumbling, then recovering a little, then falling some more. One underlying driver sits behind it all.
Posted on 12th February 2018 .
Super Thursday was not that super, but higher interest rates are coming sooner than we thought.
Posted on 9th February 2018 .
Recent stock market falls are nothing to be worried about, we are told, normal service is about to be restored, as markets regain their upwards trajectory, but is such a view right? There is at least one good reason to think it isn’t.
Posted on 7th February 2018 .
At the end of last year, there was good news on the UK economy, which saw a reasonable pick-up in the final quarter. But what happened in January? Did the good news continue? Brace yourself for some shocking news.
Posted on 6th February 2018 .
The latest purchasing managers indexes tracking the US economy are out, and they are good, really good. Yet stock markets tumble. What is going on?
Posted on 6th February 2018 .
The latest report on US employment was a humdinger, but stock markets across the world saw their biggest falls in over a year in response.
Posted on 5th February 2018 .
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