Deep Dive: Divisive and challenging UK equities

'Bleak' outlook

Kathleen Gallagher
clock • 5 min read

Global markets look challenged at the moment and the UK is no exception. With inflation at high levels and looking to take a longer time to plateau, a cost of living crisis and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the outlook is “bleak,” as Anna Stupnytska, global macro economist at Fidelity International, put it.

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