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12 June: Market Remains Hopeful For Rate Cut Later This Year The US Federal Reserve has held interest rates in a target range between 5.25% and 5.5%, a

11 April: Hopes Rise For Summer Cut To Borrowing Costs The European Central Bank (ECB) has, as widely expected, left borrowing costs untouched across th

Under a tenth (9%) of financial advisers believe the cut in National Insurance (NI) announced by chancellor Jeremy Hunt during the Spring Budget will lead to them investing more in pensions savings.

Advisers are positive about the impact of the proposed introduction of a Great British ISA and the resulting increased tax-free allowance on ISA saving levels, according to M&G Wealth.

13 February: Modest Fall Dashes Hopes Of Spring Rate Cut Headline US inflation dipped to 3.1% in the year to January 2024 - a smaller fall than forecast

M&G Wealth has launched a new tool to help advisers calculate clients benefit from a transitional tax-free amount certificate ahead of the abolition of the lifetime allowance (LTA) in April. M&G Wealth’s new LTA transitional tax-free amount tool supports advisers by identifying the standard lump-sum allowance

More than three quarters (78%) of advisers are unsure about or do not have enough information to advise on the upcoming lifetime allowance (LTA) changes, M&G Wealth has found.

14 December: Euro Central Bank Also Freezes Rates The Bank of England has held its Bank Rate untouched at 5.25% for the third time in a row, Andrew Mich

30 November: Annual Figure Falls Towards Long-Term Target Inflation in the bloc of 20 countries that use the euro currency is expected to stand at 2.4%

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has revealed in his 2023 Autumn Statement today (22 November) that he will cut National Insurance (NI) by two percentage points - from 12% to 10% - helping 27 million working people.