The global upswing continued with strong economic. This expansion combined with only modest inflation has allowing the Federal Reserve Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) to withdraw monetary stimulus. The FOMC started to withdraw assets at a rate of US$10bn per…
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The Government laid out its vision for post-Brexit arrangements in two key areas this week; the customs union and the Northern Ireland border. A Whitehall paper published on Tuesday detailed the UK’s wish to remain part of the customs union…
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Central Bank commentary is raising the probability that quantitative easing support for long-term assets will start to be removed soon. The Fed’s minutes for its last meeting told us as much. This week, the Fed holds its annual meeting at…
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Equity markets performed well in Q1 as investors responded to evidence of an improving global recovery. Markets showed resilience in the face of the US interest rate hike of 0.25% in March. However, investors are starting to question the implementation…
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Since the summer of 2016, when evidence of China’s economic stimulus started to impact upon markets, the hopes of a rise in global growth and a return of inflation have grown. This hope gained impetus when Donald Trump was elected…
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One immediate outcome of the General Election result was that sterling fell in value by 2% to US$1.27. A fall in the value of the pound will increase the impact of imported inflation. British manufactures and exporters have benefited from…
Read more... British blue chip stocks have barely looked back since the EU Referendum. The FTSE 100 reached a new all-time high of 7575 on 2nd June. The market has been assisted by a weak sterling, low interest rates and rising inflation.…
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Britain is the number one destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) after a surge in inflow levels not seen since the financial crisis. FDI rose to US$253bn in 2016 up from US$33bn in 2015 according to the Organisation for Economic…
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The Brexit referendum result caused significant uncertainty over the future of the City of London’s banking and investment activity. Commercial property value fell on the expectation of lower occupancy demand if institutions need to move to Dublin, Paris or Frankfurt.…
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