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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... uncertainty is weighing down investment with the BOE even warning of risks to the economy - short term recession - if Britons vote to exit from the European Union on 23 June.

UK to introduce lifetime ISAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... adult under 40 to save up to £4,000 (A$8,000) each year which will be supplemented by a 25% bonus from the government. Britons can continue making contributions up to age 50. While the scheme is designed to help people save for their first home, account ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... reports it enlisted investment bankers to approach potential buyers of the company. LONDON - The London stock market sank as Britons voted in a general election set to be the closest in a generation. The capital's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... Meanwhile, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.84 per cent at 6,927.58 points, with less than 48 hours to go until Britons head to the polls on Thursday. "Having failed to sustain early higher prices, European stocks erased all of Monday's gains ...

Only half Britons saving enough for retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... government is re-elected in 2017. While this is just plain and simple politicking given the growing eurosceptism among Britons - The Guardian reports that, "Today's Observer opinion poll, suggesting that, offered a choice in a straight in/out referendum ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... British Statistician also has a measure called the Retail Price Index used to calculate the cost of living. On this gauge, Britons' cost of living sped to an annual rate of 5.5 per cent - the highest since July 1991 -- from 5.1 per cent in Jan. This ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... towards fiscal responsibility. No free lunch! Remember? Just yesterday, the UK's new Prime Minister David Cameron warned Britons to steel themselves for the deepest budget cuts to be announced two weeks from now. No, it's none of these. As far as I'm ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009