Rebirth of England.

Chapter 798: Interest rate hike?

"In January, the UK's inflation rate has risen to 1% on an annual basis..."

Daisy said to Barron on the phone:
"This data has hit a new high in more than two years. From this point of view, a rate hike is the most likely outcome."

In December last year, the inflation rate in the UK soared to 12%. Since then, many voices have suggested that the Bank of England is likely to make a decision to raise interest rates before the arrival of spring.

This includes Charles Bean, deputy governor of the Bank of England, who warned in an interview that raising interest rates may become necessary.

Andrew Centensais, the outgoing member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, holds the same view...

But at the same time, quite a number of people are worried about the interest rate hike, believing that this drastic measure could directly kill the British economy.

"So it seems that the economic recovery in Europe, including the UK, is not progressing as expected. In addition, the situation in Greece has not fundamentally changed due to previous aid. On the contrary, many countries, including Ireland and Spain, have also shown signs of debt crisis..."

Barron's words reminded me that Hungary has been the rotating presidency of the European Union for six months since the beginning of this year.

"We have to save the euro in the next six months," said then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

At the previous annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, many people also expressed concerns about this year's economic situation...

He stood up, walked to the window, looked at the beautiful scenery of lavender all over the mountains in the distance, and continued to say to Daisy:

"According to my forecast, in order to save the euro, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will provide further large-scale assistance to some weak countries in the euro zone, and there are also signs that the United States has some problems with its fiscal deficit, so I think if the situation worsens, investors will start looking for safe havens..."

"You mean gold?"

"Yes, I think in the short term, well, within four or five months, the price of gold will break through again and reach more than $1500 an ounce, and even continue to climb higher."

The current international gold price is around US$1300 per ounce. If it really exceeds US$1500 per ounce, it will be a historical high for gold prices.

In fact, in the original time and space, just over three months later in May, the international gold price had already exceeded $1500 per ounce...

And in August the price reached $8 per ounce!

Now, with the participation of Barron's funds, the international gold price will inevitably be pushed up faster - after that, as the US economic situation improves, the gold price will also fall back after reaching its historical high.

"It looks like we have to make another plan regarding gold futures..."

"Yes, dear Daisy, I am sure you have had enough experience."

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This year, Barron and his family still spent Valentine's Day at Grace Lavender Manor...

Yeah, it's very lively.

At a time when the world is in turmoil, Barron is very satisfied with the quiet and peaceful life in the manor. Of course, it would be better if the relationship between these women could be more harmonious.

But there is no other way - even on Stamania Island, it is not completely isolated from the outside world. In addition to being able to read newspapers delivered by helicopter every day, everyone can also access the Internet...

In other words, Amanda Hearst wasn't the only one who was unhappy with Barron and Evanta's much-publicized romance...

After Barron returned to Grace Lavender Manor, Tamaran directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Barron...

As for the others, Bonnie had been cold to him for two days anyway.

In order to make up for the consequences of this incident, Barron studied very hard for a while.

Even at this moment, Barron was not able to completely disregard the feelings of these women - yes, if he just wanted to possess them, it would be a lot simpler; but if he also hoped for a harmonious relationship between them, then what he would pay for would not just be material things.

On February 2, the first protest against the Gaddafi regime broke out in Libya and quickly turned into riots the next day, with government forces clashing with opponents and the wave of protests beginning to spread across the country.

Through Nigel Inkster's intelligence, Barron also knew clearly that this time the Libyan opposition had received support from NATO. Intelligence organizations led by the CIA provided intelligence, financial and weapons support to the Libyan opposition in this conflict.

On February 2, after several days of fighting, the Libyan opposition occupied Benghazi, and then successively occupied several towns including Bayda and Toprug, and the Libyan civil war broke out.

Two days later, the Arab League (AL) decided to suspend Libya's participation in AL meetings. The conflict between the opposition and Gaddafi supporters escalated, and many countries, including China, began to evacuate their citizens from Libya.

At this time, Barron left Australia again, and this time he came directly to the Magic City.

"How is it, are you adapting to work?"

In Shanghai, Barron met Zhang Junning, who had become the president of Rich23 Capital.

Of course, Barron’s mailbox had received emails reporting on her work during this period - after all, as his personal assistant for such a long time, Zhang Junning was very familiar with Barron’s reading habits, so through these emails, Barron was very clear about her work.

But now that he saw her again, he still asked the question directly.

"Not bad. It's very different from my previous work with you. I need to be more proactive in pushing forward some of the work. I will try my best to adapt, Your Highness."

After arriving in Australia on the Devonshire, Zhang Junning went to Lijiaopo and took over the work of Rich23 Capital.

In the shortest possible time, she familiarized herself with the investment company's situation, and then took her team to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to participate in DJI's new round of financing.

"It has been confirmed that we will join this round of financing. We value DJI at $2.5 million. After this round of financing, we will slightly increase our shareholding in the company..."

In the original time and space, DJI did not start its first round of financing until 2012, but now the participation of Rich23 Capital can be said to have accelerated DJI's development process to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)