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Britain’s Pound Inches Up, but Growth Fears Dominate
Date: May 19, 2022
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound inched up against the dollar on Thursday, but stayed clear of recent two-week highs as soaring inflation combined with a murky growth outlook prevented a stronger rebound. At 0850 GMT, sterling was up 0.4% at $1.2395. However, the currency stayed off highs of $1.25 seen earlier this...
Pound Falls as UK Inflation Hits 40 Year High
Date: May 18, 2022
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – The pound fell against the dollar on Wednesday after data showed British inflation rising to 9%, the highest level in 40 years. At 0846 GMT, sterling was down 0.9% against the U.S. dollar at $1.23820. The drop reverses most of the gains made on Tuesday when the pound touched...
New Development Strategy to Better Target Aid, Says Britain
Date: May 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will try to better direct its aid budget to nations to help foster economic growth, offering an alternative route away from what London calls “malign actors” by instead dealing directly with countries. Since leaving the European Union, Britain has wanted to better flex its diplomatic muscle on the international stage, hoping...
Economists Sound the Alarm Over UK’s post-Brexit Finance Plans
Date: May 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 50 economists warned on Monday that Britain’s post-Brexit plans to boost the competitiveness of its huge finance industry risked creating the kind of problems that led to the global financial crisis. The government, seeking to use its “Brexit freedoms”, announced this month that it would require regulators to help the...
Battered Sterling Gets Respite but Set for Weekly Fall vs Dollar
Date: May 13, 2022
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound edged up against the dollar on Friday, offering some respite from a week of selling that pushed the currency to two-year lows. By 0835 GMT, the pound was up 0.21% at $1.2216, a day after falling to a fresh two-year low of $1.2165 as a slew of...
N.Ireland’s Dup Says It Will Block Province’s New Legislature
Date: May 13, 2022
By AMANDA FERGUSON BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Friday said it would block the election of a speaker for the Northern Ireland Assembly, in a move that would shut down the British-run province’s newly elected legislature. In a statement to the News Letter, a Northern Irish newspaper, party leader Jeffrey Donaldson...