In the wake of the London-Brussels Brexit agreement, the United Kingdom is now seeking to sign trade agreements with Australia, the United States and countries in the India-Pacific region, according to British Foreign Secretary Dominique Raab. “We are seeking to sign trade agreements from Australia to the United States, but
Forty years ago, in the early 1980s, banks with offices in Britain had a much larger cross-border presence than banks in Germany and France. This emerges from data available to the Bank for International Settlements and cites a report in the British newspaper Financial Times. According to the relevant publication,
The prices in November grew at half the rate than foreseen Inflation in Britain slowed sharply in November as clothing retailers cut prices for more than a decade, while consumer demand remained uneven amid a coronavirus pandemic. Consumer prices rose 0.3% year on year, following a 0.7% rise in October,
Unemployment in Britain rose again as the number of layoffs hit record highs as companies prepared for the end of the government subsidy program, which was eventually extended to the first months of 2021. Official figures show the unemployment rate rose to 4.9%, from 4.8% in the three months to
