Investment Week | Bank-of-england

King writes to Chancellor as inflation hits 3.5%

UK inflation has hit 3.5%, prompting Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the Chancellor.

16 February 2010 •

BGI sale helps Barclays profits soar 92%

Barclays has reported a 92% increase in full-year profits.

16 February 2010 • 1 min read

Axa's Marwood drops traditional gilts in favour of financial stocks

Axa Ethical Distribution fund manager Richard Marwood has added to financial stocks this month and offloaded almost all traditional gilts on concerns of inflation.

15 February 2010 • 1 min read

Fixed income managers are not expecting credit yields to widen over coming year

Managers say low return on cash and search for yield will support fixed income market

15 February 2010 •

Rate hike fears prompt shift into high yield

Fixed income managers prepare for sharp increases in UK interest rates over longer term, with move towards high-yield and floating-rate instruments

15 February 2010 •

Quantitative easing: a year on

Earlier this month the Bank of England announced a halt to its quantitative easing programme. Other central banks also have complex exit strategies to undertake. But how successful has QE been and did it have the desired effects?

15 February 2010 •

Economics

Inflation 'likely to have exceeded 3%' - MPC

UK inflation is likely to have risen to around 3.5%, exceeding the Bank of England's (BoE) target for the third time.

10 February 2010 • 1 min read

Bonds

Stopping quantitative easing could spell doom for gilt yields

Whether markets will be able to absorb the huge government debt issuance that will be forthcoming once the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme ends is a hot topic at the moment.

08 February 2010 •