Us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade arbitrary and said Economic Conditions had improved under the biden administration. The news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. Lets look at markets now in asia. Japan is currently down by over 2 . Hong kong not that far behind. This was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street and asia having a strong session but this is certainly spooked sentiment. Lets discuss this with tom stevenson, whos an Investment Director at fidelity. Good morning. Janet woody allen saying this is arbitrary. I have her statement janet yellen and she said she strongly disagrees and says it is based on outdated data. That is based on outdated data. That is riuht. Is based on outdated data. That is right it is based on outdated data. That is right. It seems is based on outdated data. That is right. It s
Favour over the past month. Weve seen sterling rise that will help temper the Price Pressures from imports. Weve also seen other pressures in the markets where theyve been raising some questions about the Bank Of Englands credibility, as in Mortgage Rates going up without decisions being made that has all calmed down, too. And the public s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. So thats also going in the banks favour. But a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5 the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. Turning the tap. We are beginning to see the impact of that now weve seen in the Housing Market, weve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. So that all leads back to this Balancing Act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn its a tight rope and we are probably approaching the most narrow, trickiest part of tha
Investment platform. Thanks bro. Thanks for joining Thanks Forjoining us. Mortgages cost more so it is a bit of a Vicious Cycle for First Time Buyers . It is, yes, and there is a bit of respite for people looking to get onto the Property Ladder but they have still got very high costs of borrowing and it will still cost a lot to afford the mortgages once you have got on the ladder and it still costs a lot of money for renting whilst you are trying to get on the ladder. But it is good news for people who are looking to get off the ladder and looking to use their housing as part of that so there is a bit of balance but i suppose house prices matter most when you are trying to change your position. For the vast majority it is a number that changes without us actually trying to change our Housing Position but i think the people trying to get on the Housing Ladder to make the first step are really feeling the squeeze right now. The numbers tell the story. 3. 8 fall in july alone, the fastest
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