U.K. Investors Focus on This Week's Economic Data Releases
Dow Jones
Aug 17
1436 GMT - U.K. investors await a batch of key data releases this week, which include jobs, inflation, public sector finances, retail sales, and flash purchasing managers' survey data. After last week's better-than-expected U.K. quarterly GDP data, this week's figures have more significance for investors, Tickmill Group's Patrick Munnelly says in a note. "If the data show resilience alongside sticky wages and higher headline inflation, the Bank of England's patient stance becomes harder to defend," he says. However, if wage growth decelerates and PMI data show "modest momentum," the BOE could stay on hold for the remainder of 2026, Munnelly says.
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