Chris Price
Markets Editor at The Telegraph
Host at The Two-Minute Briefing
Markets editor for @Telegraph. Formerly of @Kent_Online and @KMTV_Kent.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Chris Price
The Treasury's latest borrowing figures will be unveiled a day after the Bank of England maintained pressure on the pubic finances by keeping interest rates on hold. The Office for National Statistics will soon publish its public sector net borrowing data for May. Higher than expected Treasury borrowing would put pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she seeks to balance the nation's books.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Chris Price
The boss of Shell has warned that oil tankers are having their signals jammed when they pass through the Strait of Hormuz as the conflict escalates between Israel and Iran. Wael Sawan, the chief executive of the FTSE 100 oil giant, said it had drawn up contingency plans in case the war in the Middle East leads to major upheaval in the crucial shipping route, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Chris Price
Thanks for joining me. Interest rates are expected to be left unchanged when the Bank of England announces its next decision on UK borrowing costs later today. Here is what you need to know.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Chris Price
Mr Tarry is seeking to put the retailer back on track after suffering years of successive losses under Dame Sharon. This includes scaling back targets around rental housing and finance, and battling to reinstate the staff bonus. Key to his turnaround is improving Waitrose after the business was overtaken by M&S for the first time last year, according to industry data from Kantar.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Chris Price
Inflation was higher than expected last month, official figures show, ahead of the Bank of England's next interest rate decision. The consumer prices index (CPI) rose by 3.4pc in May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This was unchanged from 3.4pc in April, a figure which was revised lower from 3.5pc after the ONS admitted to an error in its data earlier this month. Analysts had forecast May inflation would edge down to 3.3pc.
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