Worldwide Financial Planning

Can I give my house away and still live in it? Technically yes you can, but it wouldn’t be a successful plan for Inheritance Tax planning.

Investors are keenly awaiting Powell’s remarks, which could signal a shift in the Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rates.

Your state pension is based upon your national insurance contributions. The amount you will receive is based on the qualifying years you have. To check that, there are a few steps to take.

The FOMC meeting came off the back of a decent CPI print. May’s inflation data came in softer than consensus expectations with headline CPI decelerating slightly to 3.3% versus 3.4% in April.

In monthly terms, CPI was 0.3% (consensus: 0.1%), compared to 0.6% in March. Similarly, core CPI inflation (ex-energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) came in at 3.9% (consensus: 3.6%) vs 4.2% in March.

An end to the interest rate hiking cycle would be welcomed by US consumers, who have seen new US mortgage rates spend four weeks above 7% for just the third time this century. Despite this, new home loan applications increased by 2.3% in the week ending August 25.