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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  • Markets

717 Articles
about 1 year ago
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Budget: OBR says UK to avoid recession and is on course to grow every year after short blip in bo...

Britain will avoid a much-tipped recession this year and will grow every year until 2027 after a short blip, a massiv...

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about 1 year ago
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FTSE 100 live: London index muted ahead of Jeremy Hunt March budget

London’s FTSE 100 edged lower this morning as investors brace for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first budget around 12.30p...

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about 1 year ago
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US inflation tumbles to lowest level since September 2021 but price pressures complicate Fed rate...

US inflation has dropped to the lowest level since September 2021, but underlying price pressures are still sticking ...

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about 1 year ago
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FTSE 100 live: London index calmer after Silicon Valley Bank contagion fears ease

London’s FTSE 100 nudged lower today, arresting the sharp declines notched yesterday as it was caught up in a global ...

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about 1 year ago
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Cost of living crisis erodes UK real pay for 15th straight month in historic squeeze

British workers’ wages have been eroded by sky high inflation for the 15th month in a row despite them bagging bumper...

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about 1 year ago
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Budget: Why a high-tax country is still dealing with fraying public services

Britain is on course to shoulder a tax burden that has “never been sustained before in its history” but is still grap...

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about 1 year ago
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Why does the Bank of England (secretly) want to sack you? To hose down the inflation fire

Whisper it very, very softly, but the Bank of England (secretly) is trying to force you out of the job. That’s right....

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about 1 year ago
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US Federal Reserve to refrain from rate hike later this month after Silicon Valley Bank collapse,...

Speculation is growing among traders that the US Federal Reserve could refrain from hiking interest rates later this ...

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about 1 year ago
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FTSE 100 live: Silicon Valley Bank collapse drags London index into red despite HSBC sale

London’s FTSE 100 was dragged down into a global market sell off today driven by fears over how far the effects of th...

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about 1 year ago
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London economy steams ahead to top UK growth league and on track to avoid recession

London’s economy is racing ahead of the rest of the UK and is on track to power the country’s GDP out of its current ...

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about 1 year ago
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Government must rival US $370bn IRA or risk gutting UK electric car industry

The government needs to ramp up spending on Britain’s electric vehicle (EV) industry or risk being left behind by the...

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about 1 year ago
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UK pay on track to trail inflation for 15th month in a row as cost of living crisis bites

Wages are on track to trail inflation for the 15th month in a row, underscoring how much pressure the cost of living ...

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