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Original Technorati articles tagged “uk economy”

• in Travel
  Why do UK Oversea Holiday Bookings Continue to Suffer?
  Weak growth, pressure on incomes and lack of confidence affects oversea holidays
  by davidcook / on May 30, 2011
• in Business
  Cyber Monday Hits Britain A Week Early
  Despite lacking the excuse of a late November holiday, the UK has probably done most of its holiday shopping today.
  by orangeduvet / on Nov 22, 2010
• in Business
  Britain's Economy: On The Road to Somewhere
  This week's official statistics really don't say very much.
  by orangeduvet / on Nov 18, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “uk economy”

 

• Real wage cuts do not stimulate employment

  
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  In last week’s blog – Massive real wage cuts will not improve growth prospects – I considered the mounting evidence that austerity is leading to massive cuts in real wages for workers in Britain without commensurate gains in employment being evident. I have been doing some detailed work on the movements in ...
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• Will UK data releases support sterling this week? | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  GBP/USD – 1.5693 UK economic data last week was limited and the main influence on global currency markets was the on-going discussion on whether or not the US would continue their programme of quantitative easing. A bit more light should be shed on this as we have the Federal Reserve meeting mid-week followed by ...
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• US dollar under pressure | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  (Last week)     This week (GBP/USD – 1.5583)     GBP/USD – 1.5689 On the whole an okay week for sterling. It held its own against the euro, lost a little bit of ground against the commodity backed currencies; albeit midweek it had made significant gains, and gained throughout the week against the US ...
  5 days ago

• UK employment data boosts sterling | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  GBP/USD – 1.5666 A day of two halves for sterling yesterday, gaining nearly half a cent in the first two hours of trading as employment figures exceeded expectations. Markets reacted positively to the news, driving sterling briefly through the 1.18 mark against the euro. The momentum remained with sterling through ...
  6 days ago

• UK: Wages outpaced by cost of living

  
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  Even though there was some good news for the economy today with an increase in the amount of employment growth and a marginal decline in unemployment that suggests that the downturn at the beginning of 2013 may have just been a blip, there is increasing evidence that people who are currently in work are accepting… ...
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• Unit 1 Micro: Occupational Mobility from Mines to ..... Mines

  
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  Miners made redundant from Maltby Colliery in Yorkshire many of whom with decades of experience faced years on the unemployment register when the mine closed earlier in 2013. But some have been thrown a lifeline with the rising demand for miners in the UK potash industry. This BBC news report follows the miners ...
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• Paul Ormerod: Ignore Krugman: We’re not caught in another depression

  
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  SPOTTING and identifying new species is always exciting. And the last couple of years has seen the emergence of a new type of economic commentator, the recovery denier. Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize-winning economist, wrote a piece at the end of last year in which he compared the current situation to that of the ...
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• Paul Ormerod: The Rapid Rise of the Food Bank

  
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  FOOD banks are a rapidly growing phenomenon in the UK. A few years ago, they barely existed, but an estimated half a million people now make use of them every week. On the face of it, it seems that poverty has sadly become endemic since the financial crisis, with many families unable even to feed themselves. Real ...
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• Paul Ormerod: Trouble at the Co-op Bank

  
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  IT’S not all fun and games at the Co-op Bank. Just over a month ago, the bank was serious about acquiring 632 branches from Lloyds. Now its debt has been downgraded six notches to junk status, and veteran HSBC banker Niall Booker has been brought in as replacement chief executive after Barry Tootell resigned. ...
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• Unit 2 Macro: London Gateway Super Port Prepares to Open

  
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  The scale of the new London Gateway Super deepwater Port is truly stunning and its importance to the economy as a trading nation is hard to underestimate - Britain will have a new world class hub port in a key location impacting on many trades and services in and around the South East and beyond. It has taken 10 ...
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• Sterling steady despite poor UK manufacturing data | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  GBP/USD – 1.5664 A fairly steady day for sterling yesterday in spite of disappointing manufacturing figures in the morning which showed contraction of 0.2% after two months of growth. Ground lost to the euro was regained in the afternoon with sterling finishing the day very close to the point it started against ...
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• Massive real wage cuts will not improve growth prospects

  
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  There was a column in today’s Australian Financial Review “When the money-go-round slows, everyone suffers” which bemoaned the fact that all the investment bankers, lawyers and accountants that have been making heaps off the massive growth in the financial services sector are now doing it tough. We read that ...
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• Sterling steady before UK manufacturing data | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  GBP/USD – 1.558 Having enjoyed a successful last few days, sterling traded slightly higher against the US dollar and slightly lower against the euro in what was a quiet start to the week for currency markets. There have been increasing signs that the British economy is recovering – not least due to rising house ...
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• Monthly Economic Overview – June 2013

  
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  Here is an Impeccable/Flawless Global Economic Overview for the month of May 2013 .via. Markit Research. Click on the Full-Screen icon at the bottom right hand corner. Economic Overview – June 2013 by wallstreetfool
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• Will sterling maintain its positive outlook? | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  GBP/USD – 1.5519 Sterling, having enjoyed a strong period last week following the release of positive figures across the manufacturing, construction and service sectors, weakened against the US dollar on Friday. Growing employment data from the United States forced the UK currency to retrace some of its gains from ...
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• Unit 3 Micro: Debt Rises at Network Rail

  
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  Network Rail is a state owned business whose debts are backed up by government. Network Rail owns and operates the UKs railway infrastructure. Their stated objective is "Building a safer, smarter, bigger, greener network – every day." It is achieving rising revenues but remains heavily reliant on state subsidy - ...
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• UK: Austerity might last until 2020

  
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  Worrying news for anyone in the UK as two influential think tanks believe that austerity will be still be a big issue, not just for the elections in 2015, but all the way through until 2020. The Chancellor originally said he would be able to balance the budget within four years, but that figure has… Read the full ...
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• Babacan to Attend Bilderberg 2013 Meetings

  
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  (Pictured) Babacan at the 2012 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos  Mavi Boncuk | Britain will host Bilderberg Meetings[1], an annual conference gathering political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media, in June 2013. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan [2]will ...
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• Sterling has a good week | Smart Daily Currency Note

  
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  (Last week)     This week (GBP/USD – 1.5216)     GBP/USD – 1.5583 Sterling has sailed upwards against most of its major counterparts this past week as Purchasing Managers Index figures exceeded expectations with the construction, manufacturing and now service sectors all expanding at better rates than ...
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• Bull and bear: Are bonds set to crash?

  
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  Bull and Bear – an optimistic and pessimistic view of investment news. Today’s stories include: Are bonds set to crash? UK enjoys hat-trick of good news. US sees relief. Eurozone’s weakness not quite as weak. Global economy, manufacturing contraction expansion, surveys say 50/50 Are bonds set to crash? In ...
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