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The preliminary reading of the third quarter 2020 UK GDP came in at 15.5% QoQ vs. 15.8% expected and -19.8% last while on an annualized basis the figure stood at -9.6% vs. -9.4% expected and -21.5% seen previously.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, expects a trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) to be reached by the end of 2020, Reuters reported. “I think we’re ready to have it done before January 1. One of the challenges is bandwidth.” “The UK hasn’t had to negotiate trade …

Significant progress has been achieved in trade talks between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), according to the British Minister of Finance, Rishi Sunak. “Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “The prime minister set out that, while some progress …

The United Kingdom expects to receive about 10 million doses of the newly-developed Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the year, Reuters reported. The spokesman of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that the deal is pending regulatory approvals. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has …

Mortgage Halifax said British home prices rose in October at the fastest annual pace since June 2016, although there were signs of momentum dissipating as the COVID-19 pandemic escalated. Halifax added that house prices increased 7.5% in October compared to a year ago, and compared to a 7.3% annual growth …

The British Ministry of Finance is pumping GBP 200 billion in economic stimulus, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday. This comes after the Bank of England announced that it has expanded its asset purchase program by GBP 150 billion. The move to purchase government debt will help the cabinet …

midst the US election chaos, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement on Wednesday, the lockdown will definitely end on December 2. The reassurance from Raab failed to offer any reprieve to the GBP bulls, as GBP/USD drops 0.86% to trade at 1.2941, as of writing. Earlier this …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday, October 31, that England will adopt a second general lockdown with the spread of Coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom, which leads to the closure of all non-essential businesses, leaving schools open until December 1 while trying to suppress the virus. . Johnson …

The UK manufacturing and services sector activities showed mixed performance in October, the preliminary report from IHS Markit showed this Friday. The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to a three-month low of 53.3 in October versus 53.1 expected and 54.1 – September’s final reading. …

Official data revealed on Wednesday that the British government borrowed 36.101 billion pounds last month, which exceeds 33.55 billion pounds of forecasts by a Reuters poll, bringing borrowing in the first half of the financial year to a record level of 208.5 billion pounds. Separately, the Office for National Statistics …