UK house prices unexpectedly declined in April as higher interest rates to tame stubbornly high inflation weighed on affordability and demand, results of a survey by the Lloyds Bank subsidiary Halifax showed Tuesday.House prices decreased 0.3 percent on a monthly basis in April, in contrast to the 0.8 percent increase in March, the survey revealed. This was the first fall in four months. Prices we...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.