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

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

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  • Economics
  • Markets

717 Articles
10 months ago
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The FTSE 100 has done us all dirty... again

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is often referred to as the “unreliable boyfriend”. That title's better s...

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10 months ago
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FTSE 100 close: London index muted as interest rate fears linger

London’s FTSE 100 kicked off a new week in subdued fashion today as concerns about a global economic slowdown and hig...

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10 months ago
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Bank to keep hiking rates if services inflation and wages persist

Governor Andrew Bailey has warned the Bank of England will raise interest rates again if services inflation and wage ...

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10 months ago
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Wage growth has 'passed its peak' as workers return to jobs market

Workers returning to the jobs markets and boosting the volume of candidates available to businesses are poised to put...

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about 1 year ago
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Bank of England and Fed to ignore Credit Suisse chaos and hike interest rates this week

The Bank of England and US Federal Reserve are this week expected to ignore the on-going financial market chaos which...

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about 1 year ago
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FTSE 100 live: Credit Suisse turmoil eases as Barclays and NatWest claw back losses

London’s FTSE 100 today shook off market turmoil sparked by UBS saving Credit Suisse, with the UK’s largest lenders, ...

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about 1 year ago
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UK borrowed record £16.7bn for February but Jeremy Hunt handed interest rate boost

The UK borrowed a higher than expected £16.7bn in February, a record for that specific month due to the government sp...

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about 1 year ago
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Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank chaos are symptoms of fragile banking system

City folk around in 2007 must have been getting very twitchy over the last week. Some of the market moves were remini...

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about 1 year ago
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ECB hikes interest rates to highest level since financial crisis, ignoring market turmoil centred...

The European Central Bank (ECB) today hiked interest rates 50 basis points despite concerns about Credit Suisse’s fin...

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about 1 year ago
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Jeremy Hunt tax hikes and weak economy to swipe £10k from Britons while wealthy reap pension rewards

Britons are poised to miss out on £10,000 of income over the coming years after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt lifted taxes t...

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about 1 year ago
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FTSE 100 live: Credit Suisse share price shoots up 30 per cent as HSBC and Lloyds climb in London

London’s FTSE 100 today partly clawed back yesterday’s losses that saw it clock its worst day in over a year as the i...

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about 1 year ago
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Budget: Why Jeremy Hunt needs you back at work to prevent a recession

This was a budget for the workforce. It showed signs of sparking the supply side revolution that Liz Truss championed...

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