10-year Gilts hit 1.0% for first time since March 2020
28th Sep 2021 16:07
(Sharecast News) - Yields on longer-term UK government debt hit their highest level since March 2020 on Tuesday, amid signals from some central banks that they were ready to begin weaning their economies off emergency stimulus programmes.
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5th Aug 2021 13:02
(Sharecast News) - NatWest Group: Goldman takes off Conviction list but keeps at 'buy'.
Read moreThursday broker round-up
5th Aug 2021 13:02
(Sharecast News) - NatWest Group: Goldman takes off Conviction list but keeps at 'buy'.
Read moreGoldman Sachs takes NatWest off 'Conviction List'
5th Aug 2021 08:42
(Sharecast News) - Goldman Sachs has taken NatWest off its 'conviction buy' list, citing headwinds in UK mortgage pricing.
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4th Aug 2021 14:12
(Sharecast News) - ITV: Berenberg upgrades to 'buy', fair value estimate at 155.0p.
Read moreNatWest in payout bonanza as profits return
30th Jul 2021 07:02
(Sharecast News) - NatWest resumed dividend payments and announced a share buyback as it swung to a half-year profit and released more cash set aside for bad debts as the economy recovered from the Covid pandemic.
Read moreBoE's Vlieghe pushes back on calls for slowing monetary stimulus
26th Jul 2021 14:25
(Sharecast News) - A top Bank of England official pushed back on calls for the monetary authority to dial back on stimulus, arguing that inflationary pressures in the UK were transitory, while the pandemic remained a threat.
Read moreNatWest to take minority stake in Irish lender PTSB
23rd Jul 2021 14:18
(Sharecast News) - NatWest will take a minority stake in Permanent TSB Group (PTSB) in a potential deal to sell €7.6bn of assets to the Irish lender.
Read moreWeek ahead: Fed decision, US and euro area GDP in focus
23rd Jul 2021 13:24
(Sharecast News) - Investors' focus over the coming week will be squarely on the US central bank's policy decision on Wednesday.
Read moreFriday broker round-up
23rd Jul 2021 12:47
(Sharecast News) - AJ Bell: Barclays keeps at 'overweight' but ups target price from 360.0p to 380.0p.
Read moreBarclays on outlook for Treasury yields
22nd Jul 2021 14:44
(Sharecast News) - Economists at Barclays Research think longer-term US Treasury note yields will head back higher in the back half of 2021, although they also thought that financial markets were right in judging inflationary risks to be 'transitory'.
Read moreTreasury committee quizzes FCA on frozen bank accounts
22nd Jul 2021 11:48
(Sharecast News) - The chairman of the Treasury committee has written to the financial regulator raising concerns about banks freezing vulnerable customers' accounts after NatWest was reported to have blocked thousands of accounts.
Read moreGovernment to sell part of its stake in NatWest
22nd Jul 2021 10:23
(Sharecast News) - The government is to sell off up to 15% of its stake in NatWest Group over the next year, it was announced on Thursday.
Read moreBoE's Haskel warns against preemptive tightening of monetary policy
19th Jul 2021 13:36
(Sharecast News) - One of the Bank of England's top officials argued against reducing monetary stimulus for the economy.
Read moreBoA revises 2021 UK CPI forecast higher, but says higher inflation 'transitory'
14th Jul 2021 10:26
(Sharecast News) - Economists at Bank of America revised their forecast for UK inflation in 2021 upwards following a stronger-than-expected print on June consumer prices.
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