Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Quick take: - Instead of staying flat at 3.4%, US inflation dropped to 3.3% in May - Major 10-year government bond yields dropped roughly 20 basis points last week - UK political manifestos create as many questions as answers    

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

UK inflation is below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in three and a half years. That should clear the way for further cuts to interest rates.

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The right-wing Rassemblement National was the big winner in the first round of French elections, but the most conclusive vote comes this weekend. Before then, the UK votes on its own Parliament.

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Sometimes polls are right and sometimes polls are wrong. Last week, we saw classic examples of both.

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

With all the noise in the US markets dominated by the big 5 FAANG stocks; what is happening in the rest of the market and how is the rest of the US economy performing?

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Graduates in England leave university with debts of more than £50,000 on average. Are there alternatives to studying for a degree or ways to reduce the costs? And if not, should parents who can afford it let their children fall into such heavy debt? 

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The US market stabilised last week. Well, on the surface, at least.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

In line with The London Stock Exchange Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited will be open for dealing as follows:

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Equities took another battering last week, with oil and technology stocks hit hardest.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

I am a tariff man.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

With the Brexit decision tree we shared earlier this year we aimed to make sense of what at times has seemed a senseless situation. There are still many unknowns, but with new information starting to shine through in the last month, we are now publishing an update.

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