Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.
The important thing about last month’s budget is that we now have certainty, as one FTSE 100 CEO told me last week; no more endless speculation about which taxes might rise, for example.
On the data front, this morning’s UK GDP stats are set to show the economy having stagnated in October, largely as a result of pre-Budget uncertainty freezing business investment and consumer spending alike, though the monthly data remains very noisy indeed, with relatively little by way of signal able to be extracted from the report.
7am GMT: UK GDP report for October
7am GMT: UK trade report for October
7.45pm GMT: French inflation report for November
8am GMT: Spanish inflation report for November
1.30pm GMT: US national activity index for September
4pm GMT: Russia’s GDP report for Q3
Continue reading…Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.The important thing about last month’s budget is that we now have certainty, as one FTSE 100 CEO told me last week; no more endless speculation about which taxes might rise, for example.On the data front, this morning’s UK GDP stats are set to show the economy having stagnated in October, largely as a result of pre-Budget uncertainty freezing business investment and consumer spending alike, though the monthly data remains very noisy indeed, with relatively little by way of signal able to be extracted from the report.7am GMT: UK GDP report for October7am GMT: UK trade report for October7.45pm GMT: French inflation report for November8am GMT: Spanish inflation report for November1.30pm GMT: US national activity index for September4pm GMT: Russia’s GDP report for Q3 Continue reading…
