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UK banks and insurers told to step up help for struggling customers

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told banks and insurers...

29th September, 2022

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Challenging ‘orthodoxy,’ Kwarteng clings on after UK market rout

By Sinead Cruise, Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – As new British finance minis...

29th September, 2022

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UK car output rises in August, soaring costs cast shadow over recovery

(Reuters) – British car production rose for a fourth straight month in August, compared with a year...

29th September, 2022

Image for Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders
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Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Trading volumes between the British pound and the cryptocur...

29th September, 2022

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PIMCO CIO says UK market chaos not systemic but will have global impact

(Corrects name of conference to Delivering Alpha in first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coll...

29th September, 2022

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Explainer-Why is Bank of England acting again? What next in the UK crisis?

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank resorted to buying bonds again on Wednesday in an emergenc...

28th September, 2022

Image for UK housing market may face perfect storm as mortgage rates rise, house prices drop
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UK housing market may face perfect storm as mortgage rates rise, house prices drop

By Andy Bruce, Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – A surge in borrowing costs and a li...

28th September, 2022

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Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe

By Davide Barbuscia, Marc Jones and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The scale and speed...

28th September, 2022

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Morrisons’ quarterly earnings halved amid UK consumer crunch

LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket group Morrisons on Wednesday reported a halving of its third-...

28th September, 2022

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Bank of England to buy 65 billion pounds of UK bonds to stem rout

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England stepped into Britain’s bond market on Wednes...

28th September, 2022

Image for Wall Street fear lingers as UK steps in to calm bonds
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Wall Street fear lingers as UK steps in to calm bonds

By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) -U.S. and global equities did little on Wednesday...

28th September, 2022

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Bank of England seeks to stem bond market turmoil after tax cut storm

By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England sought to quell a fire-storm...

28th September, 2022