The UK Economy

The GBPUSD starts a decisive week, due to the large amount of economic data to be published in the UK this week. The GBPUSD is forming a higher low pattern above support at the 1.5154 level, if it does break this support, it is very possible that this pair drop to the level of 1.5090. […]

Pound Sterling – On Monday the Pound was little changed as economists awaited the release of data which was expected to show that the number of people in the UK claiming unemployment benefits fell for a sixth consecutive month in April adding to hopes that the nation’s economy is making a recovery. On Tuesday it […]

High in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, in the quiet community of Lenoir, North Carolina sits a sprawling facility shrouded in mystery.  Lenoir used to be home to the most well-known scions of furniture manufacturing in the United States, but those factories and jobs have all been moved to China.  The most notable […]

Bank of Scotland research reports PMI grows by two points. The second quarter started brightly for private sector firms north of the border, with latest PMI data from Bank of Scotland showing faster increases in both business activity and new work. Companies responded by creating more jobs, with employment rising at the fastest pace in […]

Whilst inflation is set to fall economic recovery remains “weak”. The outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, has argued that the UK will reach its target of 2% inflation within two years, an improvement on the predicted 2.4% inflation level predicted in February. Announcing the Bank’s latest inflation report Sir Mervyn […]

The cable has had a very bearish days, and it is quite possible that we may see stronger falls in the medium term for this pair, if the bearish continuation patterns are completed in the technical analysis. The GBPUSD is trying to break the support at the 1.5197level; that level has shown a lot of […]

Current Accounts to be backed by the exchange listed Bank of Ireland The Post Office has launched three new current accounts it argues offers “customers choice, good value, fair and transparent products with no hidden charges and access to the largest branch network in the UK”. The introduction of the Post Office current account, in […]

British Gas owners cite “result of the unusual period of extended cold weather” Centrica have argued that “as a result of the unusual period of extended cold weather, average residential gas consumption was 18% higher in the first four months of 2013 than in the same period in 2012”. Announced in the company’s Interim Management […]

Yet another hurdle cleared this week as the UK flagship index went on to make a decisive breach of 6,600. The bulls are loving it, already eyeing up the pre-crisis highs of 6,760 and then even those of 6,940 before the dot.com bust. What has taken the FTSE up another 100 points during this shortened […]

Profit up 2% on previous year BT have announced an annual profit of £2.5bn for the year up until 31 March, but said that revenue had fallen by 5% to £18bn. Commenting on the results Ian Livingstone, BT’s Chief Exectuive, argued that the results showed that the company had “a lot more to do but […]