The Confederation of British Industries said that British retailers have cut the most jobs since the financial crisis and that it expects job losses to accelerate, adding to warning signs of an expected sharp rise in unemployment. Tuesday’s data also showed an unexpected drop in sales this month, which contrasts …
Read More »British Public Debt Exceeds 2 Trillion Pounds For The First Time
Britain’s public debt exceeded 2 trillion pounds ($ 2.65 trillion) for the first time, underscoring the challenge facing Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, who is under pressure to provide more emergency support for the economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Net debt in July, which excludes public banks, rose to £ …
Read More »UK Retail Sales Rise in July Surpassing Pre-Covid Peak
British retail sales rose above pre-coronavirus levels in July, the first full month that stores selling non-essential goods opened their doors since the country went into lockdown measures in March. The strong unexpected retail sales data reveals strength in consumer demand even as the rest of the economy struggles to …
Read More »London to Remain Europe’s Financial Center Despite Brexit
Despite the Brexit, London is expected to maintain a big role in the European financial market, Reuters reported. It was expected that many company will leave the UK capital, thus, affecting the place of London as a global financial hub. However, it now seems that Frankfurt will not be making …
Read More »UK Inflation Jumped in June
Britain’s inflation rate unexpectedly jumped last month, to its highest level since March, as clothing stores refrained from the usual summer cuts after reopening their doors following general isolation measures due to the Coronavirus, but most economists expect it to return soon. The Office for National Statistics said the annual …
Read More »British Health Minister: Most Cases of Corona Occurred in Homes
British Health Minister Matt Hancock said Britain would likely not follow the example of France in requiring people to wear masks in the workplace because its screening and monitoring program shows that most people with Covid-19 disease have been infected at home. “We are not studying to do that at …
Read More »UK Annualized CPI Beats Estimates
The UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate came in at +1.0% in July compared to +0.6% in June while beating expectations of a +0.6%, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the core inflation gauge (excluding volatile food and energy items) came at +1.8% YoY …
Read More »UK Manufacturing Production Rebounds in June
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the UK industrial and manufacturing production data on Wednesday, as the overall industrial sector returned to expansion in June. Manufacturing output arrived at 11.0% MoM in June versus 10.0% expectations and 8.4% booked in June, while total industrial output came in at 9.3% …
Read More »UK’s Sunak: Economy is now in Hard Times.
Following the release of the key UK macro data on Wednesday, the British Finance Minister/ Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that the UK economy is now in ‘hard times’, the figures today confirm that. “There will be many more job losses in the coming months.”“Hundreds of thousands of people have already …
Read More »UK Sees Largest Quarterly Fall in Employment in 11 Years
The number of people in employment in the United Kingdom (UK) registered 32.92 million during the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, according to estimates by the British Office for National Statistics. This marked an increase of 113,000 people on an annual basis, but a decline of 220,000 on a quarterly …
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