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UK shares drop 1% as inflation spikes to 40-year high

By Anisha Sircar and Boleslaw Lasocki (Reuters) – UK shares fell more than 1% on Wednesday after inf...

22nd June, 2022

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Marketmind: Inflation psychology

A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. Rail strikes, the biggest in three decades, are...

22nd June, 2022

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Britain’s major rail strike caps sterling rally

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) -The pound rose against a weakening dollar but fell versus the euro...

21st June, 2022

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BoE’s Pill says rate rises are a blunt tool, cannot fine-tune sterling

By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England’s monetary policy must focus...

21st June, 2022

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Sterling rises as BoE’s Pill sees further rate rises ahead

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – The pound rose against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as hawkish comme...

21st June, 2022

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Bank of England’s Mann says weak pound makes case for big rate hike

By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England should raise rates fas...

21st June, 2022

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Bank of England’s Mann says weak pound makes case for big rate hike

By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England should raise rates fas...

20th June, 2022

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London’s FTSE 100 rises on boost from financial, energy stocks

By Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 rose on Monday, boosted by gains in financial and ener...

20th June, 2022

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Sterling eyes tentative rebound after 3-week losing streak

LONDON (Reuters) -The pound edged higher on Monday, attempting to break a three-week losing streak v...

20th June, 2022

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Stocks stage small bounce as investors weigh cenbanks’ next moves

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets chalked up modest gains on Monday after last week’s...

20th June, 2022

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Sterling gains, on track to snap 3-week losing streak

LONDON (Reuters) – The pound edged higher on Monday, breaking a three-week losing streak versus the...

20th June, 2022

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Analysis-Nerve-racking week leaves bond investors calling for fast rate hikes

By Davide Barbuscia and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – A series of surprise actions by some of t...

20th June, 2022