Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update

At its recent monetary policy meeting, the Bank of England unexpectedly raised interest rates by 0.5%, signalling that it's taking a more aggressive approach towards fighting inflation. On this week's Economic Update with James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney, we look at the impact the battle to contain inflation is having on consumers, house prices and the wider economy. And the team manages to do it in under 15 minutes.

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On this week's international edition of Economic Update, James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney are in Sweden where they speak to Helena Bornevall, one of our senior economists, about the challenges facing Sweden's property market and how it compares to the UK.

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Join us for an in-depth, two-part series as Handelsbanken UK Chief Economist James Sproule and Lucian Cook, Head of UK Residential Research at Savills speak to Sonia Rothwell, Handelsbanken's UK External Communications Manager about the UK property market.

In part 1 we focus on the health of the UK property market. We begin with the wild-ride the sector has been through in recent times. James and Lucian give their views on where the market is at present, which parts of the country have been more resilient to the turbulence, and whether they think it likely that we will see a repeat of the problems we saw during the last property crash.

In part 2, our experts will look at buy to let, as well as what they think will happen to the market as a whole in the next year.

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💥 This week's Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update with Sonia Rothwell and James Sproule features all you need to know about why we have raised our expectations for interest rates. Plus James explains what he's learned from our pulse check on commercial property. And although it's a quiet week on the data release front, he talks about some of the longer term trends we're tracking such as migration and property ownership.

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Read more of our insights into commercial property: "Commercial property - the new reality" https://www.researchonline.se/document/V6djs6po4kCaSehczzSYuw2

For the 100th edition of Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update with James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney.

Economists are expecting inflation to fall to 8.2% this week - our chief economist James Sproule explains why he has high hopes for a lower level.

Plus, consumers are not as confident as they should be about the UK economy - James and Daniel discuss why they might have cause to be more optimistic.

And we turn the spotlight to the prime property sector which James has been looking into this week.

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James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney give their thoughts on why the UK's growth figures are looking sickly. Plus, they explain what they think are the prospects for the UK's commercial property sector.

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Sarah Rigby and Cameron Willard from Handelsbanken's markets team join Daniel Mahoney to look behind the scenes at the events and data shaping recent market moves.

The team explains what's happening to sterling rates compared to key currencies, and shares where markets think energy prices and interest rates could go next.

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This week on Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update, Daniel Mahoney and James Sproule sift through the glut of recent data releases including trends in retail sales, and talk about why Handelsbanken has revised its view of where interest rate rises will peak. Plus, they look into the details of what's happening in the UK's housing rental sector - all in under 15 minutes.

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