Andy Bruce (Reuters)
@bruceandy.bsky.social
Bit of this, bit of that at Reuters.
UK economy and north of England correspondent.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
UK economy and north of England correspondent.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
It is not a town I know well.
I went there in 2013 and was quite taken by this sign:
"STEVENAGE
where imagination takes hold"
I went there in 2013 and was quite taken by this sign:
"STEVENAGE
where imagination takes hold"
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is not a town I know well.
I went there in 2013 and was quite taken by this sign:
"STEVENAGE
where imagination takes hold"
I went there in 2013 and was quite taken by this sign:
"STEVENAGE
where imagination takes hold"
Elon Musk is Stevenage
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Elon Musk is Stevenage
Quite the look at how the gilt market intersects with politics from @willdunn.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Quite the look at how the gilt market intersects with politics from @willdunn.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
Bit confused by the "inflation falls by less than expected" framing.
CPI came in bang on consensus in RTRS poll, and exactly as BoE expected. Obviously a poll elsewhere that said differently... but why go for the wrong one when you can pick and choose?
Not as interesting a story I guess!
CPI came in bang on consensus in RTRS poll, and exactly as BoE expected. Obviously a poll elsewhere that said differently... but why go for the wrong one when you can pick and choose?
Not as interesting a story I guess!
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Bit confused by the "inflation falls by less than expected" framing.
CPI came in bang on consensus in RTRS poll, and exactly as BoE expected. Obviously a poll elsewhere that said differently... but why go for the wrong one when you can pick and choose?
Not as interesting a story I guess!
CPI came in bang on consensus in RTRS poll, and exactly as BoE expected. Obviously a poll elsewhere that said differently... but why go for the wrong one when you can pick and choose?
Not as interesting a story I guess!
Calmer day on the gilt market, yields down a bit although making only small dent in Friday's rise. Trading very much in line with US Treasuries.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Calmer day on the gilt market, yields down a bit although making only small dent in Friday's rise. Trading very much in line with US Treasuries.
Every component in the UK S&P Global Consumer Sentiment Index declined this month 👇
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Every component in the UK S&P Global Consumer Sentiment Index declined this month 👇
They sort of already do this (section on sensitivities where they describe what would wipe out headroom)
But I think if there were games to stack the forecasts (and I'm not sure about that, given that would be incredibly dumb), I genuinely think the OBR would spell that in plain English
But I think if there were games to stack the forecasts (and I'm not sure about that, given that would be incredibly dumb), I genuinely think the OBR would spell that in plain English
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
They sort of already do this (section on sensitivities where they describe what would wipe out headroom)
But I think if there were games to stack the forecasts (and I'm not sure about that, given that would be incredibly dumb), I genuinely think the OBR would spell that in plain English
But I think if there were games to stack the forecasts (and I'm not sure about that, given that would be incredibly dumb), I genuinely think the OBR would spell that in plain English
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting looks over a car as he walks outside a television studios in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting looks over a car as he walks outside a television studios in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Duff-looking UK labour market data this morning.
Payrolls on a declining trend, unemployment rate hits 5%.
(usual caveats to both - former v prone to revisions, often upwards, and latter is drawn from the wonky Labour Force Survey)
Payrolls on a declining trend, unemployment rate hits 5%.
(usual caveats to both - former v prone to revisions, often upwards, and latter is drawn from the wonky Labour Force Survey)
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Duff-looking UK labour market data this morning.
Payrolls on a declining trend, unemployment rate hits 5%.
(usual caveats to both - former v prone to revisions, often upwards, and latter is drawn from the wonky Labour Force Survey)
Payrolls on a declining trend, unemployment rate hits 5%.
(usual caveats to both - former v prone to revisions, often upwards, and latter is drawn from the wonky Labour Force Survey)
And this from Wes Streeting on the sanctity of manifesto pledges (to Sky News, 16/06/24)
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
And this from Wes Streeting on the sanctity of manifesto pledges (to Sky News, 16/06/24)
Another Johnson quote from that time that stuck in the mind...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Another Johnson quote from that time that stuck in the mind...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
It's Reagan that makes it
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It's Reagan that makes it
Ah, I see "kickstart the economy" still going strong while I've been away.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ah, I see "kickstart the economy" still going strong while I've been away.
This strange photo has popped up as a "10 years ago" memory on my phone.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This strange photo has popped up as a "10 years ago" memory on my phone.
Some casual Francophobia from ChatGPT
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Some casual Francophobia from ChatGPT
Teeny house guest brought in by the cat last night.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Teeny house guest brought in by the cat last night.
Interesting line in the Wikipedia profile of New Zealand psychologist Nigel Latta, who died the other day aged 58.
![Wikipedia profile section which reads:
Personal life
Latta had a daughter and a son from his first
marriage (1991-2020).[16] He met his second
wife, Natalie Flynn, in 2018, when they began
working together on his Parentland app.[17]18]
Flynn is also a clinical psychologist [3l They
married in 2023.
Latta was a user of profanity when not on
air.[7İ[16]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpgmsa7eo63jbc57nd5gbr2c/bafkreicwu54pq2rs2ijx67vdvd5xfumbwugumb6nbt4s7gknuw23vfihde@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Interesting line in the Wikipedia profile of New Zealand psychologist Nigel Latta, who died the other day aged 58.
Well I'm not going back to this
September 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Well I'm not going back to this
Burnham knows all that - he's been a cabinet minister.
But then you read this 👇...
Looks fiscally expansive and yet: "We’ve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets."
What to make of it?
But then you read this 👇...
Looks fiscally expansive and yet: "We’ve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets."
What to make of it?
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Burnham knows all that - he's been a cabinet minister.
But then you read this 👇...
Looks fiscally expansive and yet: "We’ve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets."
What to make of it?
But then you read this 👇...
Looks fiscally expansive and yet: "We’ve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets."
What to make of it?
To be equally flippant, you can "get around" the bond market thing.
1. Growth miracle - some sort of big positive shock. Not in this timeline. 🧚
2. Austerity. 💀
2. Raise taxes and don't eff around. Will this 👇 cut it?
1. Growth miracle - some sort of big positive shock. Not in this timeline. 🧚
2. Austerity. 💀
2. Raise taxes and don't eff around. Will this 👇 cut it?
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
To be equally flippant, you can "get around" the bond market thing.
1. Growth miracle - some sort of big positive shock. Not in this timeline. 🧚
2. Austerity. 💀
2. Raise taxes and don't eff around. Will this 👇 cut it?
1. Growth miracle - some sort of big positive shock. Not in this timeline. 🧚
2. Austerity. 💀
2. Raise taxes and don't eff around. Will this 👇 cut it?