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Inflation expectations hit series high
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons’ expectations of inflation over the next 12 months edged up to a series high of 4.4 percent in August from 4.3 percent in May, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday.

Profit from the plunging pound
Forecasts from the Bank of England that job losses in the UK are set to triple has pushed the pound down once again this week. At the beginning of this month, sterling fell to its lowest level since October 1996, as measured against a basket of currencies of UK trading partners.

Brown ignores calls for energy windfall tax
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ignored calls to impose a tax on energy firms’ windfall profits, but looks set to face renewed demands for a levy at Labour’s annual conference at the end of the month.

House prices continue to plummet
LONDON (Reuters) - House prices kept falling sharply in the three months to August even as the average number of home sales per surveyor hit a new low, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Follow the flow of roads and rivers
With market volatility making it difficult to know which asset classes to hold in the short-term, fund managers are turning to thematic investments with long-term growth prospects such as infrastructure and water