
James Gard
Senior Editor at Morningstar
Senior editor for @uk_morningstar, writing on UK economics
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3 days ago |
morningstar.co.uk | James Gard |Ollie Smith
At 2%, the eurozone may already be close to its “terminal rate” after a succession of rate cuts, but in the UK this seems a long way off. While the European Central Bank has cut the key deposit rate in half from its 4% peak, in the UK rates are just one percentage point lower than the peak of 5.25%.
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2 weeks ago |
morningstar.co.uk | James Gard
Key Takeaways Inflation data due on June 18. Next interest rate cut expected in August. Economic data is weak. The Bank of England’s next monetary policy decision is due at midday on Thursday, June 19 and financial markets, as indicated by overnight index swaps, are forecasting interest rates will be held at 4.25%, following the quarter-point cut in May. FactSet consensus data also predicts the Bank will hold rates steady at 4.25%, for now.
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2 weeks ago |
morningstar.co.uk | James Gard
British American Tobacco, quarterly (60p), paid May 7 Schroders, final dividend (15p), paid May 8 Lloyds Banking Group, final dividend (2.11p), paid May 20 Croda, final dividend (63p), paid May 28 Reckitt Benckiser, final dividend (121p), paid May 29 Looking at the 14 stocks on the dividend screen, four more pay dividends in June: Upcoming UK Dividend Payments in June Admiral, June 13 Unilever, June 13 Imperial Brands, June 30 Intertek, June 30 Upcoming UK Dividends in the Third Quarter GSK,...
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1 month ago |
morningstar.co.uk | James Gard |Sunniva Kolostyak
Updated for May 2025: Income stocks grapple with tariffs, but it’s business as usual for quarterly dividend payments.
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1 month ago |
morningstar.co.uk | James Gard
The Mansion House Accord follows on from the Mansion House Compact, which was signed in July 2023 by 11 pension providers and then chancellor, Jeremy Hunt. The agreement takes its name from the Mansion House speech, the annual event where the UK chancellor makes delivers an address to City of London grandees.
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