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British government borrowing rose to a record of 127.9 billion pounds ($ 162 billion) in the first three months of the fiscal year 21/2120, more than twice the entire year previously, with strict Coved 19 closures. Borrowing in June, excluding state-owned banks, reached 35.5 billion pounds, five times higher than …

Silvana Tenreyro, member of the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has ruled out lowering interest rates soon, saying that lower rates will not necessarily lead to increased consumer spending. Tenreyro said that there remains significant uncertainty about the economy’s outlook. In her remarks earlier today, the MPC …

The Bank of England (BoE) could consider lowering the cost of borrowing, the bank’s Chief Economist, Andy Haldane, said on Monday. The move could come as a way of adapting to a possible economic shock due to the COVID-19 crisis. “Roughly half of the roughly 25% fall in activity during …

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he doesn’t see a COVID-19 successful vaccine developed by the end of this year, saying “we’re not there yet”. According to Reuters, Britain announced supply deals for two more vaccines under development. “To say that I’m 100% confident that …

The national lockdown in the UK was undoubtedly the right thing to do, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated on Friday. Quotes“We can now control the virus through targeted local lockdowns.”“We are publishing framework for containing future outbreaks.”“Local authorities will be given new powers from tomorrow.”“Ministers will be able to …

Data published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9% posted in May while the number of claimants count change fell unexpectedly last month. The number of people claiming jobless decreased by 28.1K in June, compared to expectations for +250K …

China said on Wednesday that British Prime Minister Ban Huawei’s participation in the fifth-generation network is frustrating, and that other Chinese companies have followed headlines of how UK treat the telecommunications giant, which is harmful to investment. Liu Xiaoming, China’s Ambassador to the UK, said ‘the way you treat Huawei …

Official data released today in the United Kingdom showed that British inflation rose unexpectedly in the previous month as the Office for National Statistics said that consumer price inflation rose to 0.6% in June from 0.5% in May. A Reuters poll had expected the rate to drop to 0.4%. Core …

The United Kingdom said on Tuesday that they will ban China’s Huawei gear from UK’s 5G networks, starting at the end of 2020, as it poses a major threat to the country’s security. “The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has now reported to ministers, that they have significantly changed their …

Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the general situation in the industrial sector improved for May in UK. Manufacturing production grew to + 8.4% on a monthly basis in May, against expectations of -20.9% and -24.4% in April, while total industrial output grew by + …