Jack Barnett Economics and Markets Reporter
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  • City A.M.

Jack is an economics and markets reporter at City A.M.

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717 Articles
10 months ago
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Interest rate hikes trigger record £2.1 trillion UK wealth collapse

The Bank of England has engineered the largest contraction in UK household wealth on record by jacking up interest ra...

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10 months ago
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FTSE finance chiefs: Rates, inflation and growth squeeze CFOs' confidence

Ratcheting up interest rate expectations and intense fears about sticky inflation has hobbled FTSE finance chiefs’ op...

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10 months ago
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UK can unlock £57bn of GDP growth by 2030 from green transition

Britain could unlock as much as £57bn of economic growth by turbo charging the journey to decarbonising production, t...

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10 months ago
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Jeremy Hunt on track to 'obliterate’ fiscal rules on higher debt bill

Jeremy Hunt is on track to blow out his financial goals due to the Bank of England hiking interest rates aggressively...

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10 months ago
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King’s coronation pushes UK economy back into red

Lost work owing to the additional bank holiday to celebrate the King’s coronation has sent UK economic growth into re...

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10 months ago
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US inflation slumps to lowest level in over two years

Inflation in the US has slumped to its lowest level in more than two years and is now far below the UK’s rate.

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10 months ago
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Mortgage payments to rise £500 for one million UK homeowners

UK homeowners are poised to hand over a bigger chunk of their income to their lenders every month after they take out...

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10 months ago
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FTSE 100 live: Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds all surge

London’s FTSE 100 was yanked higher today by Britain’s biggest banks surging after being given a clean bill of health...

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10 months ago
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UK families set for another year of cost of living crisis

UK families are poised to be gripped by the cost of living crisis for nearly another whole year, a report today has c...

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10 months ago
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FTSE 100 close: London index nips higher as rate rise bets amp up

The FTSE 100 crept higher today as another set of hotter than feared wage numbers pushed pound sterling to its highes...

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10 months ago
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Why record wage growth could seal another big interest rate rise

Unfortunately, 7.3 per cent wage growth is just way too high for the Bank of England. The MPC will be contemplating r...

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10 months ago
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Shock record wage growth amplifies risk of 14th straight rate rise

Workers' pay is rising faster than expected and at among the quickest paces on record, raising the risk of a 14th str...

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