interest rates US Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/interest-rates-us/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:09:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png interest rates US Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/interest-rates-us/ 32 32 Happy New Year for farmers https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/06/happy-new-year-for-farmers/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12147 A Happy New Year. I hope that your celebrations of all Christmas really means was good and joyful and that you have seen-in the New Year with relish! Already the days are opening-out and spring, albeit very cold, is daring to peek through the wintry gloom. What a nice Christmas present for ‘farmers’ with the […]

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]]> Happy Christmas one and all https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/26/christmas-wishes-and-year-reflections/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12136 A very Happy Christmas to one and all! Hopefully you and your families had a lovely day yesterday? Let’s also trust for a settled, positive 2026 with resolution to long-outstanding issues like the Russian aggression against Ukraine and some dynamic and long-term solutions for Israel and the Palestinians. We have had some good economic news […]

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]]> Savings, tax and stocks to hold? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/09/08/savings-tax-and-what-stocks-should-you-hold/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:38:45 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11985 Last week we were greeted with even higher inflation figures, apparently fuelled by higher aviation costs though primarily the problem remains reaction to the Government’s increases in Minimum Wage, National Insurance and other business costs and taxes. Curiously, at the same time the cost of oil and gas has been very weak but not filtering-through […]

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]]> Our 40th and great numbers https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/08/21/celebrating-our-40th-anniversary-good-numbers/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11973 The UK Economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter – which is good news though some of it is clawing-back losses from before. However, the underlying trend shows very little improvement and as noted last time, the general employment situation is worsening.   In a nutshell (and stating the obvious), the more unemployed and the […]

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]]> Interest rates and investment trusts https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/09/27/interest-rates-us-and-uk/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:40:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11414 So the Fed has cut interest rates by a large 0.5%, helping to push Sterling to its highest against the Dollar and Euro since April 2022 (that’s a 23% gain on the Dollar since September 2022 – or a 23% loss on your unhedged US shares and bonds of course). If the Pound retains its […]

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