UK Finance today releases its latest mortgage arrears and possessions data for Q4 2024, while highlighting continuing lender support for any customers facing financial difficulty.

This month we take a look at growth in the US and eurozone and differing decisions made by monetary policy makers. The MPC is up next, so we review the latest inflation data. And we (again) talk tariffs – they are coming … maybe not today, but soon. Probably.

As we move into the New Year, a key challenge for UK Finance members will be how to most efficiently and sensibly address the challenge posed by the new Failure to Prevent Fraud offence, due to come into force on 1 September 2025.