Worldwide Financial Planning

This week we saw some exceptional vaccination rates as the UK powers towards its target of vaccinating all over 50s before the middle of April. With around 4m doses administered, there is a good chance of beating this by a week or two.

The housing market – the depreciating asset that appreciates in value.

This week we saw markets continue to worry about what a world without free money might look like, with government bonds getting dumped despite US Federal Reserve claims that rate rises are two or three years away.

Trade makes up about a third of UK GDP and the EU makes up about half the trade, so these figures point to a 5 per cent reduction in GDP, more or less in line with pre-Brexit forecasts.

The savings ratio rocketed during the last two years.

Hopes of quick economic recovery have sparked concerns about rising inflation, which in turn leads to fears that central banks will withdraw market stimulus and/or increase interest rates.