In its statement on Thursday, the Bank of England said “there are signs that consumer spending has softened across a range of high-frequency indicators, while investment intentions have remained weak”. This, and the need to help the government introduce renewed fiscal support during lockdown, saw the central bank announce an additional £150 billion in QE. […]

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On Thursday, the Treasury announced that businesses using the government’s COVID loan schemes saw their debt increase by a combined £4.62 billion over the past month. This figure, which includes the £2.18 billion added by the 100% government-guaranteed ‘bounce back’ loans, is only set to rise, with authorities pushing new regions into more stringent restrictions […]

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REIT Real Estate Investors plc (LON: RLE) announced that it had changed its variable interest rate facility to a fixed rate loan facility. The loan sum amounts to £10.0 million and will be fixed at an annual interest rate of 3.129% per annum until 30 November 2023. Following completion of the new facility, the Company […]

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In a nigh-on Mexican stand-off, markets and investors wait with bated breath as the US Fed makes its rate announcement. Despite pressure from Trump, Powell wishes to make only modest cuts in a strategy he described as not shooting his monetary bullets too early. Both fearing the impact of, and even potentially causing a recession, […]

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