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Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... trade-off facing the MPC continues to lessen..." That trade-off, of course, is between unemployment/growth and inflation. UK GDP growth accelerated to 2% in the year to the first quarter from 1.9% in the previous one. The unemployment rate remained at ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... straight after the Brexit vote on 23 June has, so far, not materialised. On the contrary, the economy even strengthened. UK GDP expanded by 2.0% in the year to the December quarter, equal to the September quarter and stronger than June's 1.7% and March's ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK economy remains resilient to the lingering uncertainty that is Brexit. UK GDP expanded by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the same rate as it has in the September and June quarters. This is stronger ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... month. The so called core-core inflation rate - excluding fresh food and energy - improved to 0.2% from 0% in September. UK GDP The second estimate of UK GDP showed the economy expanded by 2.3% in the year to the third quarter - unchanged from the preliminary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... year-on-year rate also accelerated to 2.4% last month - also the fastest since April - from a 0.2% contraction in August. UK GDP Results for the first full quarter since the Brexit vote last June indicate the UK economy's continued resilience to the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... and reduced business investment. That would lead to price discounting and lower wages and even lower expected inflation. UK GDP The second estimate of UK GDP showed the economy expanded by 2.2% in the year to the second quarter - unchanged from the advanced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... straight month including May. No doubt this is mainly due to the yen's strength which had soared even higher following Brexit. UK GDP With the Brexit uncertainty casting a pall over the UK economy, Britons could do with some good news. The final estimate ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... 2012 rebounded in September 2012 and before shrinking anew in December of 2012 - to now, the fastest growing G7 country. UK GDP grew by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter this year - nearly double the 1.7% rate King handed over to Carney in the June ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... in turn, has allowed the economy of the United Kingdom to make great strides. Financial markets now expect third quarter UK GDP growth to accelerate to 0.8% from 0.7% in the previous three months. The rising momentum in economic activity has prompted ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... fell by 0.44 per cent to 3,411.53. In London, Gekko Global Markets trader Anita Paluch said: "Very strong growth in the UK GDP, not seen in five years, has confirmed the double dip recession is over. Elsewhere in European trading, Madrid's IBEX 35 stock ...