Brexit

Britische Wirtschaft verlangsamt sich kaum

Die Unsicherheit nach dem Anti-EU-Referendum hat die britische Wirtschaft im Sommer kaum gebremst. Das Bruttoinlandprodukt stieg zwischen Juli und September noch um 0,5% zum Vorquartal und damit deutlich stärker als erwartet, wie das nationale Statistikamt ONS am Donnerstag mitteilte.

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Escape from Brexit: banks will move soon

Britain’s biggest banks are preparing to move out of the country in early 2017 because of fears over the impending Brexit negotiations as Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers Association, said in an interview published by The Observer on Sunday.
The CEO cited fears the European Union politicians will want to erect trade barriers during the Brexit negotiation as a reason for the planned moves. So rather than risk weakening the strength of the City of London’s financial prowess during negotiations, a number of companies are preparing to move wholesale.

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UK consumer prices jumps in September

UK consumer prices expended at the fastest annual pace in nearly two years during the previous month, the biggest monthly increase in the cost of household goods and services since November 2014. According to the Office for National Statistic, the annual rate of CPI inflation equals 1%, up from 0.6%in August and slightly higher than economists had been expecting,

Rising prices will "undoubtedly be tough on those with low incomes," said Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown. "It’s also not good news for savers who are losing money in real terms," he added.

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Brexit spread over Ryanair profit forecast

Ryanair cut its full-year profit forecast by 5% Tuesday, lower than previously expected, due to the pound’s slump since Britain voted in June to exit the EU, heaping more turbulence on a troubled sector.

The Ireland-based company now expects full-year earnings of between €1.30 billion (£1.17 billion) and €1.35 billion (£1.22 billion), down from the previous range of €1.38 billion (£1.24 billion) to €1.43 billion (£1.28 billion).

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Bank of England can allow inflation to rise

Bank of England is willing to tolerate above-target inflation to support growth and employment after ‘Brexit’, Governor Mark Carney said Friday.
"Our job is not to target the exchange rate, our job is to target inflation," he said during a public meeting in Nottingham.

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Hard Brexit may cause Scotland independence referendum

Scotland will push for a second independence referendum if Tory Prime Minister Theresa May follows through with plans to take the UK out of the single market in a ‘hard Brexit,’ First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Thursday.
Speaking at the SNP’s three-day annual conference, Sturgeon argued the Tories have no democratic mandate for a ‘hard Brexit,’ which would see a severe crackdown on EU immigration and a departure from the single market.

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