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Good morning!

I like this one thread for the week idea!

Morning all. Given how few posts we get one thread per week seems a good idea to me.

Morning!

In the US last night, the Dow finished up 213.59 at 24,786.63 the Nasdaq up 124.82 at 7,281.10 and the S&P 500 up 28.55 at 2,706.39.

In Asia, the Nikkei was recently up 311.18 points at 22,158.81 - the Hang Seng up 83.86 at 30,146.41 - crude oil traded at $66.52 a barrel and Brent at $71.58.

Gold settled at $1,347.20 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper.

The Papers

Good morning!

Morning all

Inflation 2.5% vs expected 2.7%.

It's finally beginning to feel like the UK economy has turned the corner since the Brexit vote.

Inflation coming down and should continue to do so since the pound is strengthening.

Unemployment coming down

Wages ticking up by a tad more than inflation but not so much as to cause companies any pain.

I'm feeling pretty comfortable about share prices in the next couple of years.

Pound slightly off against the dollar & euro on the back of those numbers as I assume interest rate rises are now less sure?

UK inflation falls to lowest in a year

Euro zone inflation rises less than estimated in March

It would seem that way Skinny although it's my opinion that the BOE will go ahead with the near term rises. They seem to be on a mission to get interest rates up a bit to ensure there is no shock to consumers at a later date.

I'd probably support this. 0.5% is not normal and a move to 1% in the short term seems not inappropriate, although if inflation is not rising above target one might argue no need to move at all.

It's a pleasant problem for the BOE to have which is probably the first time we can say that in 10 years.

Inflation falling and moving to target, unemployment down, employment up, real wage growth, GDP up although muted.

FTSE up 50 so it seems happy with the numbers.

I missed this article earlier :-

May rate rise less certain after UK inflation cools to one-year low

Ex-divs to take 9.8 points off FTSE 100 on April 19

Morning!

In the US last night, the Dow finished down 38.56 at 24,748.07 the Nasdaq up 14.14 at 7,295.24 and the S&P 500 up 2.25 at 2,708.64.

In Asia, the Nikkei was recently up 60.51 points at 22,206.63 - the Hang Seng up 396.76 at 30,681.01 - crude oil traded at $68.47 a barrel and Brent at $73.48.

Gold settled at $1,351.20 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper.

The Papers

Good morning!

Global economy sprinting ahead but trade war could end the race - Reuters poll

Morning all. Hopefully another blue day.

Well, just about blue at the moment.

Blue sky here for the last 2 days with a strange glow in the sky which is giving out heat, I vaguely remember something like it in the past, can't think of it's name though!🤣

Quite a spike down on the FTSE.