Category: finance
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Economic ideas #financefriday
The world economy still looks like it slipping into recession. The heads of the central banks say they have the “tools” to control inflation but inflation is way beyond the 2% target in the UK. Stock markets Stock markets have been volatile again this week. the high oil price is feeding through to keep inflation…
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Oil, gold and crypto #financefriday
Oil The oil price has been volatile this week and so too have the share prices of the oil majors. With the war in Ukraine showing no sign of ending anytime soon, we can expect the oil price to stay over $100 a barrel long into the future. The summer has only just begun but…
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Managing our money. Financefriday
A falling market We saw a failing stock market on two days this week and yesterday was particularly dire. The Federal Reserve raised US interest rates on Wednesday and predictably the Bank of England followed suit, yesterday. That appeared to negatively affect investor sentiment. I found it strange that the stock markets were plummeting but…
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