Andy Bruce
UK Economics Correspondent and Writer at Reuters
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3 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Suban Abdulla |Andy Bruce
LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - Pay awards granted by British employers cooled during the three months to February, according to a survey that chimed with an official gauge of slowing wage growth that should keep the Bank of England on track to reduce borrowing costs later this year.
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kfgo.com | Andy Bruce
By Andy Bruce(Reuters) – British manufacturers endured a torrid March as the U.S. tariff threat and looming tax increases at home contributed to a plunge in new orders and ebbing optimism, a business survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P Global UK Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing, a measure of activity in British factories, slid to its lowest since October 2023, when Britain was in recession, as it dropped to 44.9 in March from 46.9 in February.
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3 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Andy Bruce |Kate Holton |Paul Sandle
April 1 (Reuters) - British house prices were flat in March and the market is likely to stay soft after a tax increase on property transactions, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a 0.2% month-on-month increase. As of Tuesday, Britain's government has lowered the price threshold at which buyers become eligible to pay property transaction taxes - known as stamp duty.
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3 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Andy Bruce |David Milliken |William Maclean
March 31 (Reuters) - British mortgage approvals cooled to a six-month low in February ahead of a rise in transaction taxes on many house purchases while consumer lending grew at the joint-slowest pace in nearly three years, Bank of England data showed on Monday. Lenders approved 65,481 mortgages in February, down from 66,041 in January. This was the lowest number since August and just below the median in a Reuters poll of economists which had pointed to approvals of 66,000.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Andy Bruce
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