This afternoon, the Chancellor will present the UK Budget for the coming year.
Chart of the Week: Week 11, 2014: Global Debt
This week, the Bank of International Settlements published their Quarterly Review, which included an interesting chart showing the estimated level of outstanding global debt.
Chart of the Week: Week 10, 2014: UK Interest Rates
Exactly five years ago today, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England voted to lower the Bank Rate to 0.5%.
February 2014
2013 turned out to be a remarkable year from the point of view of stock market recoveries. Nearly all markets rose, producing gains of between 20% and 30% in general: exceptional growth by any standard. January and February have, of course…
Chart of the Week: Week 9, 2014: UK Recessions and Recoveries
he ONS released their second estimate for Q4 GDP growth today, and it remained at 0.7%.
Chart of the Week: Week 8, 2014: UK Stock Market
The FTSE is 30 years old this year, so we’ve decided to take a look at its inflation adjusted performance over that time.