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Posted on 18th October 202225th July 2024

‘Trussonomics’ brutally undone by reality

‘Trussonomics’ was destroyed on Monday 17 October New chancellor Jeremy Hunt in a statement to parliament on Monday 17 October, reversed all the major announcements in the mini budget made less than a month ago. It is a complete abandonment of all Liz Truss’s aims as Prime Minister and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and it …

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Posted on 8th February 202125th July 2024

Brexit – where are we now?

One month on from the end of the Brexit transition period and the dust may have settled on the 11th-hour agreement reached between the EU and UK, but many businesses and individuals are still coming to terms with the reality of what it means for them. Although the agreement was lauded as a success, what …

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Posted on 10th November 202025th July 2024

The impact of negative rates

With negative rates in Europe (the ECB deposit rate is -0.5% though the lending rate is zero), Switzerland and Japan, how low can rates go in the UK? The answer is that they can go lower, which means negative. The Bank of England is currently studying how that would work in practice, with the Governor …

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