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A week dominated by central bank communications and seasonal dynamics kept investors on edge, even as the UN General Assembly passed without major geopolitical surprises except for some memorable US President Trump quotes.

Trigger warning: this article contains the greatest puns you'll ever read on this website. Oh, and James Smith's look at the week ahead...

At face value, the UK's 0.3% second-quarter growth performance looks reasonable amid a flurry of global and domestic headwinds. But this is largely concentrated in components not intrinsically linked to underlying economic performance, and the Bank of England will take these figures with a pinch of salt. We expect growth to slow in the second half








