Neil Behrmann
London Correspondent at The Business Times (Singapore)
I have recently launched Commodities Predict on Substack. I wrote about commodities & mining for Wall Street Journal. I also enjoy sport & theatre.
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1 month ago |
businesstimes.com.sg | Neil Behrmann
[LONDON] Fresh from sealing its membership in one of the world’s largest trade pacts, the United Kingdom is ready to reap the benefits and help more companies grow their presence in new and existing markets, a top British official said. In December last year, the UK officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). With the UK on board as the first non-founding member, the CPTPP now spans five continents and nearly 600 million people.
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2 months ago |
businesstimes.com.sg | Neil Behrmann
[LONDON] The City of London – the financial district that’s home to both the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Bank of England – has certainly seen much better days. “The City has lost its mojo”, said The Sunday Times newspaper in a recent editorial titled “Sort out the Square Mile and revive the whole country”, referring to the other popular name for the financial centre.
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2 months ago |
neilbehrmann.net | Neil Behrmann
Rachel Reeves is struggling; her job is at riskThe harassed UK Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that green infrastructure and home building would lift the economy. But her large payments to public sector employees and high taxation to pay for the spending has countered growth. Criticism is rife. Economic news has been poor week after week. Reeves has asked advisors to seek alternative ways to grow the economy. Reeves, regarded as a “lightweight” has told regulators to “embrace risk” .
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2 months ago |
businesstimes.com.sg | Neil Behrmann
[LONDON] British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves had hopes that investments in key areas such as green infrastructure and construction would lift the sluggish UK economy. Instead, the move last July to raise salaries for millions of public-sector workers and the decision to impose £40 billion (S$67.2 billion) to pay for this higher spending has countered most of the economic growth of late.
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Dec 9, 2024 |
businesstimes.com.sg | Neil Behrmann
[LONDON] The Russia-led war in Ukraine has already passed the 1,000-day mark, and there is some talk that a peace deal can somehow be reached in 2025 – with observers hoping that negotiations can start soon after Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term as US president in January. On Dec 8, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a meeting with Trump in Paris that Ukraine needed a “just and enduring” peace that Russia could not “destroy in a few years”.
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Let's hope that 2025 will be the year to end all the bloody wars. There is a good chance that there will be peace in Ukraine. Here's a piece on the potential aftermath and impact on commodities market: https://t.co/jMRODEBeKD
I have udated #gold and #platinum piece. See https://t.co/CljJZnWUBW
Note that small and large speculators hold 19% of total annual gold demand. Be wary & note history--https://t.co/XWOMGyHlvp