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London's strong start to trading in 2022 was halted today as investors reacted to the prospect of US interest rates rising as soon as March.Wall Street markets fell sharply and the FTSE 100 index is 1% lower after the release of meeting…

Good morning.  We kick off with some rather grim data on the health of the UK economy. The ONS has revised down its figures for third-quarter GDP growth from 1.3pc to 1.1pc. That's a sharp slowdown from the 5.4pc growth registered as…

Good morning. Fresh figures out from the ONS this morning show UK borrowing remained high in November — even before the omicron variant began to wreak havoc. Public sector borrowing excluding banks stood at £17.4bn last month. While…

Good morning. Wall Street has been notoriously sceptical of cryptocurrencies, but there's some bullish forecasting from Goldman Sachs on the prospects for Bitcoin. The bank said the $100,000 price milestone often touted by advocates of…