Spain’s stats office bumps up 2024 economic growth figure after computing final data
The INE revised Spain’s 2024 GDP growth rate to 3.5%, up from 3.2% originally. At the same time, the stats office also revised down the 2023 growth rate to 2.5%, down from 2.7% previously, with a minor bump to the 2022 figure to 6.4% – previously 6.2%. Amid the struggles in Germany and France, Spain […]
Trump’s TikTok Dance Is a Constitutional Farce
In January, just days before the Supreme Court unanimously upheld Congress’ ban on TikTok and Donald Trump returned to the White House, Sen. Tom Cotton took to the Senate floor and warned the country that the “lethal algorithm” in the Beijing-based social media company’s app “has cost the lives of many American kids.” “Let me […]
2 FTSE 100 shares to consider as the Bank of England holds rates!
Image source: Getty Images Rising inflation poses a big challenge to investors buying and holding FTSE 100 shares. With prices tipped to keep rising — September CPI is widely tipped at 4%, up from 3.8% last month — the Bank of England (BoE) is taking a more measured approach to interest rate cuts. Bank governor […]
Bank of America no longer expects BoE rate cuts in 2025
Another investment bank revising its BoE rate cuts expectations alongside the other ones we got earlier. The bank expects the next rate cuts in February and April 2026. In my opinion, the BoE has a very big inflation problem. Inflation expectations remain elevated and even rising, that could feed into wage setting and therefore keep […]
Premier League line-ups, stats, stream
Man United v Chelsea team news United centre-back Lisandro Martinez remains sidelined with a long-term knee injury but full-back Diogo Dalot could return after being out since withdrawing from Portugal’s squad earlier this month with a muscle injury. Forward Matheus Cunha and midfielder Mason Mount could return, having missed the defeat at City with injuries […]
Energized by RFK Jr., anti-vax advocates take their fight to red states
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s federally-focused campaign against vaccines is entering a new phase with allies intent on rolling back school and health care facility mandates. Anti-vaccines advocates are now targeting Louisiana, Texas and Idaho, where they are pushing red state governors to follow Florida’s lead in removing requirements in schools for students to […]
Up 17% this year with a 7.8% dividend yield, this FTSE 250 REIT looks attractive!
Image source: Getty Images I’ve always got my eye out for a decent dividend yield. After all, a passive income stream is one of the most rewarding parts of investing. For a bit of context, the FTSE 100’s average dividend yield is sitting at around 3.26% right now, so anything significantly above that has me […]
ECB's Centeno: Can't tolerate inflation below 2% for too long
2028 inflation forecast likely to be below 2% Still see inflation risks to downside Centeno has been one of the most dovish members for a long time and he’s not deviating from that stance here. When dovish members make dovish comments, the market ignores them because it’s a known information and therefore doesn’t change future […]
USD/JPY turns flat on the day after Ueda press conference
After the BOJ decision earlier today, the pair dribbled lower and fell to a low of 147.20 at the tail end of Asia trading. That was met by buyers who moved to defend a key near-term level on the chart (200-hour moving average) but it was BOJ governor Ueda’s press conference that saw the yen […]
LaLiga line-ups, stats, TV, streams
Real Madrid v Espanyol team news Trent Alexander-Arnold starts an absence for Real. The England right-back only lasted five minutes of the midweek win over Marseille before going off with a hamstring injury and he could be out for two months. Endrick, Ferland Mendy and Antonio Rudiger are all still out, while Dean Huijsen is […]
