With a number of rockets fired over Japan, we’re still here. Despite the best efforts of the leaders of the United States and North Korea.
It is hard to start this commentary anywhere other than North Korea – or maybe crouching in Japan as a North Korean missile passes overhead.
July saw Janet Yellen, Chair of the US Federal Reserve, announce that there would be no more financial crises “in our lifetime”.
It seems that every major political event of the past twelve months has delivered an unexpected result and an uncertain future.
From a General Election and Brexit negotiations to Trump pulling out of the Paris climate change agreement. June was a busy month.
Theresa May’s surprise general election gamble to gain a stronger mandate for Brexit has backfired. What does this mean for your finances?
We wrote last year, ‘It is tempting to think that Brexit is the only game in town.’ Cross out ‘Brexit’ and replace it with ‘General Election’.
In the UK, Theresa May has summoned everyone to the polls on 8th June. In the French Presidential election will be a fight between Emmanuel Macron and Marine le Pen. And in North Korea tensions between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump threaten peace and stability.
Mrs. May has decided to stick to her proposed timetable of opening the two year window for formal negotiations from the end of March.
With most of the impact of the Brexit result clouded in mystery, one area of clarity is the impact on the price of products.