August 2nd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
In July, Britain’s factories performed slightly worse than expected, as the Markit manufacturing PMI came in at 54.0. The figure had been forecast to drop a...
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August 1st, 2018
By Christopher Nye
It was a day full of surprises yesterday, with several pieces of economic data coming in different from what was expected. The eurozone GDP growth rate for the second...
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July 31st, 2018
By Christopher Nye
With a raft of central bank meetings scheduled for this week, including the Bank of England, Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, investors were fairly cautious...
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July 30th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
This week will see an end to the speculation concerning whether or not the Bank of England will vote for an August interest rate hike. On Thursday, policymakers will...
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July 27th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
As reports of the White House talks between Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker filtered through yesterday morning, there was a palpable sense of relief in the...
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July 26th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Yesterday, the European Council announced that it is preparing counter tariffs on $20 billion of US goods. EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told the Swedish...
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