A plan from Britain’s new government could cost as much as 150 billion pounds, sending its currency to near-four decade lows.Įuro zone energy ministers gather on Friday in Brussels to set plans in motion and discuss options – including gas price caps and emergency credit lines for energy market participants, though there are no pain free solution in sight. Governments are spending hundreds of billions of euros to help consumers and businesses cope with runaway bills. Policy makers will have a few more datapoints to chew over before then, including economic output figures for July on Monday, the latest job market readings on Tuesday and August inflation on Wednesday.įaced with soaring energy prices that threaten to spark social unrest, necessitate rationing and inflict a recession, Europe’s leaders are scrambling to pull together radical plans to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s gas cut-off. Many economists think the BoE will raise interest rates by a further 50 basis points – normally a huge increase but less than the 75 bps rate hike that investors had been betting on increasingly until a few days ago. The measures will bring down price pressures in the short-term but could stoke them further ahead as consumers are spared the worst of the hit to their finances. The Bank of England meets on Thursday and must gauge the implications for inflation from the government’s huge energy bill bailout of households. Here is a look at the week ahead in markets from Kevin Buckland in Tokyo, Emma-Victoria Farr in Frankfurt, Bill Schomberg, Vincent Flasseur and Karin Strohecker in London, and Lewis Krauskopf in New York. inflation data should provide the last piece in the puzzle ahead of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting.Ĭhina meanwhile is trying to get banks to help spur the economy and Volkswagen seems set to embark on listing luxury car maker Porsche against a volatile markets backdrop. Leaders across Europe are scrambling to keep the lights on and U.S. Our mission doesn’t stop until extreme poverty does.(Reuters) – The Bank of England will ponder implications of the government’s record-breaking energy package as the country mourns the passing of its queen. We use our voice to bring the stories of extreme poverty to world leaders. When an emergency strikes, we are among the first on the ground and we stay until the job is done. Places prone to conflict, natural disasters, climate change, and extreme hunger. We work with 25 million people each year, in some of the hardest to reach and most fragile places. Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives which last and spread without ongoing support from Concern.
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