Bank of England Holds Rate at 0.25%; Cut Growth Forecast The Bank of England on Thursday held interest rates at a record low of 0.25 percent...
U.K. Services Indicate ‘Sluggish’ Growth Britain’s economy has moved into a phase of “steady but sluggish” growth and is at risk of a further slowdown, according...
Pound Gains After Solid Manufacturing Growth The British pound climbed against the US dollar after a data showed manufacturing sector grew faster than projected in July....
U.K. House-Price Gains Are Slowing Again U.K. house-price gains slowed in July, dropping back below 3 percent again in what Nationwide Building Society says is a...
U.K. Consumer Confidence Drops Back to Post-Brexit Vote Low Sentiment among U.K. households dropped this month to match the weakest reading since just after the Brexit...
Boris Johnson Lends Support to Australia-UK Free Trade Deal Sydney (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he supports a proposed free...
U.K Economy Sees ‘Notable Slowdown’ in First Half of 2017 The U.K.’s lackluster growth is doing little to support the Bank of England’s hawks. The expansion...
Pound Holds Two-Day Gain Before BOE’s Haldane Speech, GDP Data The pound held a two-day gain versus the dollar as investors waited to see if Bank...
U.K. Factory Production Hits Two-Decade High as Exports Grow U.K. factory production reached a two-decade high last quarter as optimism about export orders swelled to the...
Pound Rises 2nd Day Even as IMF Downgrades U.K. Growth Forecast The pound advanced for a second day versus the dollar as investors looked past the...