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CBI marks up UK GDP forecasts but says risks remain high
One of the country's leading business lobby groups marked up its short-term forecasts for the economy even as it warned risks to the economy remain high because of uncertainty related to Brexit and given the potential for higher-than-expected volatility in financial markets.
Fed's Dudley not paying much attention to signals from bond market, reports say
Stay the course, the head of the Federal Reserve bank of New York said at the start of the week.
Silvana Tenreyro appointed to MPC to replace Kristin Forbes
Chancellor Philip Hammond has approved the appointment of Professor Silvana Tenreyro as an external member of the Bank of England's interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Davis heads into first Brexit negotiations with confusion reigning
Brexit secretary David Davis will meet the European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Monday morning to formally begin discussing the terms of the UK's divorce.
House asking prices tumble in London and South East, Rightmove reveals
Asking prices for houses in the UK are being cut at the sharpest rate in over four years amid political and economic uncertainty, as London and the South East underperformed the rest of the UK.
France's Macron wins comfortable majority, but abstention at record-high
French president Emmanuele Macron's upstart centrist movement and his allies won a comfortable majority in legislative elections at the weekend, albeit amid a record low turnout, a stark reminder that a large minority of French are opposed to his plans.