Category Archives: Financial News

This year’s Spring Statement was overtaken by events in the Middle East, with the US and Israel having launched their attacks on Iran just three days before. The low-key statement was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, on 3 March, with no major new announcements. The main Read the full article…

Speculation over the possibility that the US stock market is in an AI-fuelled bubble has continued during the final quarter of 2025. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of market “complacency”, noting that concentration risk is now “substantially higher than during the dotcom bubble”. The 43-day US government shutdown eventually Read the full article…

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her second Autumn Budget on 26th November. After months of speculation, the actual changes announced were more widespread than dramatic, but did include an extension of the freeze in income tax thresholds to April 2031. Other changes included a reduction in the Read the full article…

The UK state pension is expected to increase by 4.8% from 6th April 2026, taking the flat-rate state pension to £241.30 per week (up from the previous £230.25 per week). This equates to just under £12,550 per year or around £1,045 per month. The increase will be confirmed in the Read the full article…

As expected, the Federal Reserve (Fed) reduced US interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 4% to 4.25% at the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) September meeting, taking the key federal funds rate to their lowest level since December 2022. This was the Fed’s first rate cut Read the full article…