Barclays boss predicts biggest economic boom since 1948 for Britain

The British isles will get pleasure from its strongest year of progress given that contemporary data started in 1948 as the financial system surges back to lifetime following a speedy vaccine rollout, the boss of Barclays has predicted.

Jes Staley said he expects the British isles to have a pretty strong recovery together with the US, publishing its greatest rebound for many years on the back of a post-lockdown customer investing spree.

He said: “Our economic forecast is for the British isles financial system to develop by six.5pc this year, which would be the strongest progress level in the British financial system given that 1948. 

“There is certainly remarkable pent-up desire, each with the customer and smaller corporations, and we see that as a result of the vaccination programme, which has been an incredible success in the British isles.”

It arrived as Barclays unveiled pre-tax income of £2.4bn for the initial quarter of the 2021, their best degree in thirteen a long time.

The strong overall performance was driven by strong progress in its company and expenditure banking division and bumper mortgage loan lending following house rates took off following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp obligation minimize.

Barclays’ share trading floor conquer forecasts in the initial quarter through a interval of wild swings on the stock market, inspite of a weaker overall performance elsewhere in the bank’s markets division. 

Mr Staley said: “As we enter the upcoming phase of this pandemic, we continue being resolute in our determination to assist the economic recovery.

“From our spend knowledge, which captures British isles economic activity across our cards and buying corporations, we are presently observing encouraging early symptoms of recovery in some sectors, including individuals hit most difficult by the crisis.”