May 17th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Yesterday, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Ben Broadbent, was left red-faced as he was forced to apologise for likening UK productivity to the menopause....
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May 16th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
There was some welcome news from the UK yesterday, as we learned that real wages continue to outpace inflation – at least for the time being. In the run-up to the...
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May 15th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
It was an extremely quiet start to the week for economic data, although sterling did manage to retrace some of its recent losses against the dollar to continue a trend...
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May 14th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Despite the fact that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep UK interest rates unchanged last Thursday, the pound just about broke even...
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May 11th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The pound dropped to a four-month low against the dollar yesterday following the Bank of England’s announcement that interest rates would remain unchanged at...
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May 10th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
With no major economic releases from the UK, US or eurozone, any currency movements were always likely to be minimal, or driven by events elsewhere. Sterling actually...
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