Philip Oxley - Independent Financial Adviser - The Spectrum IFA Group

17/03/2025

Mark Carney used his first international trip as Canada’s prime minister to pitch a closer alliance with European allies as the country aims to reduce its dependence on an increasingly antagonistic US.

06/03/2025

Move comes amid signs that inflation is returning to target

06/03/2025

Financial update in France - March 2025 The Spectrum IFA Group The income tax bands have been increased by 1.8%

20/12/2024

Breaking news: The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point but signalled a slower pace of easing next year as it seeks to bring inflation fully under control. https://on.ft.com/4iHVuCH

20/12/2024

Decision comes after figures showed inflation edged up in November

01/05/2024

Eurozone inflation fell unexpectedly last month, with consumer prices rising by 2.4% in the year to March as price pressures in the single-currency region continue to ease.

This was down from the 2.6% rate in February, the statistical office of the European Union revealed, thanks to a fall in energy prices that pulled down overall inflation. Economists were expecting a reading of 2.5%.

Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, eased to 2.9% from 3.1%, while inflation fell to 2.3% in Germany (down from 2.7% the month before, and to 2.4% in France from 3.2%.

It is the first time in two years core inflation has been below 3%.

✍️: Yahoo Finance UK

Read more: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/eurozone-inflation-unexpectedly-falls-100644852.html

05/04/2024

When interest rates are high and you can obtain a risk free return on your money, why would you invest in the financial markets? My article below explains:

Why invest in the financial markets when interest rates are so high? There is always some risk when investing in the financial markets

12/03/2024

My overview of interest rates: their rapid increase over the past 2 years, what we can expect in 2024 and why does this matter?

In this interest rates article, I will look back at events over the past couple of years and what we can expect to happen next.

17/10/2022

20/07/2022

UK inflation up to 9.4%. Concern it may reach 11% before slowly abating.

Prices increases in June ahead of the 9.3% forecast by economists