Tagged: inflation

September 26, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

High interest rates, continued uncertainty and low productivity could see the UK struggle to keep its head above water “in the second half of the year – with GDP growth forecast at 0.4% in 2023 and 0.3% in 2024,” according to KPMG’s latest UK Economic… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed that over half (53%) of small businesses in Canada “cited inflation as impacting their cash flow management in the last six months.” Some businesses have been so heavily impacted “that nearly one-third (31%) of… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin (BTC) and broader digital assets market is experiencing increased volatility. Matteo Greco, Research Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset and fintech investment business Fineqia International (CSE:FNQ), notes that Bitcoin (BTC) had “closed last week around $25,850, a 0.5% decrease in price from… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of August has shown “promising growth” on Mintos. As noted in a blog post by Mintos, the total investments saw “a significant increase of €99.5 million worth of Notes funded, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.3 million.” The average interest rate… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed “that 48% of U.S. small business owners have experienced an extreme or high impact from inflation on their cash flow over the past six months, and 44% expect inflation to continue to have a… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 7:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The vast majority of SME finance experts expect the Government to “miss its target of halving inflation by the end of the year,” iwoca’s latest Q2 2023 SME Expert Index finds. The new research, carried out with over one hundred SME finance brokers who collectively… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Reserve Bank’s ongoing efforts to ease inflation by increasing net borrowing costs and then cooling demand for products/services could begin to undermine investments in innovative tech that might make the economy more robust in the long-term. This, according to research released this past… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inflation does not affect most investors, according to an update from PeerBerry. Available data shows (via an investor survey conducted by their platform last month), that 52% of the surveyed investors “do not change their investment habits and keep their previous investment volumes. 21% of… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Core PCE index is revealed today. Therefore Bitcoin could reach $36 000, with another 2 key indicators suggesting potential growth opportunities in the background, according to  crypto hedge fund manager Thomas Kralow. Here are 3 key catalysts for Bitcoin’s growth: Thomas Kralow, a crypto… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

    Bradley Duke, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at the crypto ETP provider ETC Group has shared key insights on the Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) Bitcoin (BTC) price predictions report. It was mentioned in Reuters this week that Standard Chartered announced in a research… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis from online pension provider, PensionBee, reveals that pension savers put significantly more money “aside for their retirement at the start of 2023 than they did in the latter part of 2022, despite persistent levels of high inflation.” The average quarterly contribution amount “for female… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, recently delivered a speech in which he commented on the major issues the UK faces, and tried to set out how they “fit together and the challenges they give rise to.” Baily said that in recent weeks,… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week from 6 April, the full amount of the weekly State Pension in the UK will reportedly “increase by 10.1%, the highest ever rise, for 12.5 million recipients of the State Pension.” Taking effect for payments starting next Monday 10 April, the amount… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surging oil prices are likely to mean higher interest rates “for longer as the price rally adds to inflationary pressures,” warns the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. The warning from deVere Group’s Nigel Green comes as the price of… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Commercial Finance research highlights the scale of the challenge facing UK SMEs: 65% of SMEs are finding the current cost-of-living crisis is proving more of a burden on their business than the pandemic lockdowns Just 33% believe the cost-of-living crisis is proving less of… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  It’s been a stressful few years to run a small business in America — and so far 2023 has been no exception. Inflation, supply chain snags and staffing shortages continue to test business owners, the team at Next Insurance writes in a blog post…. Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

High interest rates, persistent inflation, and the denominator effect hit private real estate hard in 2022. This, as private real estate funds “raised $128.6 billion across 267 vehicles, down 28.4% from the $179.6 billion raised by 549 funds in 2021,” according to an update by… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK delivered some unwanted news today as inflation delivered a number that was hotter than anticipated – bucking a recent downward trend. The UK Office of National Statistics reported that the consumer price index (CPI) increased by an annual 10.4%. This was above expectations… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Given the recent market landscape, which has been fraught with geopolitical tensions, rampant inflation, interest rate hikes, and generally volatile conditions, Estateguru management decided “to increase the capital reserves of the company at the start 2023, and raised additional capital from its founders, existing shareholders… Read More

February 15, 2023 @ 4:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today the UK government announced its monthly inflation data which indicated the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to January 2023, down from 10.5% in December 2022 – a slight improvement. On a monthly basis, CPI fell by 0.6% in… Read More