Introduction Inflation and economic growth were the two key themes which politicians, global economists and central bankers grappled with in September. There is an almost unprecedented interest in economic indicators in 2025, perhaps because of the unchartered economic territories Trump has pushed the world into. Not all of these indicators are reliable predictors of the […]
The Government has announced that the Autumn Budget will take place on 26 November. The statement will set out the Chancellor’s latest plans for the economy, taxation and public spending at a time when households and businesses are grappling with ongoing uncertainty. In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of speculation in the media […]
The Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided at its meeting on 18 September 2025 to hold the bank rate at 4%, while slowing its programme of ‘quantitative tightening’ (QT). The decision was widely expected by markets and analysts, given the mixed recent economic data from the UK economy on inflation and […]
The State Pension is due to increase by 4.7% next April after the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures were published on Tuesday, 16th of September. The ONS data confirmed the latest annual wage growth of 4.7% would be the deciding figure under the State Pension Triple Lock. This uplift, while lower than some […]