July 25th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Figures released yesterday showed that eurozone growth has slowed this month, as ongoing trade war fears have affected exports. Markit’s composite purchasing...
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July 24th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The currency markets began the week rather sedately, with no big moves between sterling, the dollar and euro. However, there were still some fireworks as Donald Trump...
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July 23rd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The dollar’s loss was sterling’s gain on Friday as comments made by Donald Trump weakened the dollar against a basket of currencies. In the early hours of...
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July 20th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
It hasn’t been a great week for sterling, as we learned that there is no consensus in parliament over the type of Brexit we should be negotiating (although we probably...
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July 19th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
After wage growth slipped to 2.5% in the three months to May 2018, all eyes turned to UK inflation in June. It had been expected to jump to 2.6% from 2.4% the month...
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July 18th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The good news is that UK unemployment remains at an impressively low 4.2%, but wage growth slipped to 2.5% in the three months to May 2018 – the weakest level in...
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