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US retail sales beat expectations...the US In a completely different mindset....gla

Pictures of Liz kendall campaigning with the waspi women previously.....hypocrisy of the highest order ..again !...

Is that an improvement..I think not..gang smashing not happening atm...fill up the hotels and rob the pensioners...unbelievable...

..They would be forced to pay after the ruling......Labour beating up on pensioners again...disgrace..gl.

Morning Gate....im glad Reeves (proven liar ) thinks shes going to make it to March ...which she probably will because this government looks out of thier depth in the financial markets and its becoming very apparent Reeves is drowning in her own inadequacy and unable to tweak her policies when they are going pear shaped...the negativity surrounding Starmer /reeves is one of the worst ever...it began in that first rose garden speech... the pensioners WFP..the negative budget ( supposed to be for growth pmsl ).....none of this cabinet have ever run a business of any kind and it shows.... gl

Sparhawk..unfortunately the above inflation Public sector pay deals are yet to come through the system yet...which is very concerning ,..this is private sector trying to keep pace...gl

" More on the unemployment numbers this morning and more critically the jump in wages for the first time in a year ahead of the Bank of England rate decision on Thursday." ..".Adding it had expected public sector pay deals to drive up wage growth in October, it was private sector pay deals that were mostly the reason average earnings rose to 5.2%."

UK Average earnings + 5.2% exp 4.55 %... More pressure on the BofE to leave rates un changed on thursday imo .....US retail sales later ........UK market seems all over the place atm .....gla

Still difficult to call the BofE mpc decision this week imo..the consensus however seems to be no change...gla.

Lots of interest building in this weeks data.....i should imagine the chancellor praying for decent numbers...gla

17th UK Employment...

18th UK Inflation.....then US FOMC rate decision -25bp?

19th UK BofE MPC rate decision ...?

20th UK Retail sales.......................

Will be watching this data with much interest.....big week imo............gla.

Unfortunately i got "buttonholed " at a christmas party last night by some one who is both!...not only was they going on incessantly about brexit ...scottish independence started coming into their endless diatribe.....So beware they can bore the sh*t out you.......best avoided like the plague..enjoy your various christmas celebrations gla.

Chancellor Reeves said the figure was "disappointing".....gla

ECB cuts rates by 25bp to 3%...FOMC 18/12 expecting-25bp cut...Will we be the odd out on BofE mpc 19/12..tight call that 1...gl all.

US inflation data very much as expected ..looking like 25bp cut 18/12.........Big.UK data next week ..employment ,inflation..will be lots of interest in these.......good to see Lloyds SP holding up well/better today .....gla

Hard to call but possibly one of the biggest hypocrites in this current government..gl

A lot of eyes on this US inflation data today(before fomc 18/12)....will look in with interest...not for everyone but US equities have been great this year ..apart from the FX charges lol...........re lloyds will defintely add on overdone sell off .....have a good day all ..gl.

Chaos indeed........Avanti West Coast train managers have voted to strike for three days over the Christmas period."The RMT union said that walkouts have been scheduled for 22, 23 and 29 December for the London to Scotland service after rejecting the train company's proposals for "rest day working arrangements"lol.....plus I believe the Farmers are protesting everywhere they can today....probably Starmer &co praying for trouble again so they can blame it on the "far right"........gla

Lammy...wac....end of really...gl.

Dog ...there are enough threads on here regards Lloyds current SP problem...i suggest you scroll down a short way and read about the motor finance debacle....if you dont know about the MF issue should you really be invested ?..Ps you make yourself look a bit stupid moaning about the lack of LLoyds sp/issues post and then post nothing yourself just moan/whine.....well what you got to offer/post about LLoyds shares ?...

"Among the first in Europe to react was Germany, home to Europe’s largest Syrian diaspora after taking in nearly a million Syrians fleeing the country’s devastating war.

Germany’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said on Monday in a statement that the end of Assad’s “brutal tyranny” had come as a great relief to many. “Many refugees who have found protection in Germany now finally have hope of returning to their Syrian homeland and rebuilding their country.”.......................Not sure its going to be that easy/simple ....