February 22nd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Figures released yesterday showed that UK unemployment increased to 4.4% in december from 4.3% the month before. It is the first increase for two years and was somewhat...
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February 21st, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The German ZEW economic sentiment index for February was the main release of yesterday and it showed that economic confidence among German investors fell in February....
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February 20th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The beginning of a new week might well have brought ever-so-slightly lighter skies for those of us up sometime after the crack of dawn, but there was very little to...
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February 19th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
It was a tough end to the week for sterling, which struggled against some disappointing retail sales data. The pound had pushed through $1.41 at the start of the day,...
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February 16th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Sterling began yesterday by moving higher against the dollar and traded within a very tight range throughout the day. It also managed to make some slight gains against...
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February 15th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
US inflation data came in yesterday and showed that, year-on-year, consumer prices in America increased by 2.1% in January 2018. This was higher than the 1.9% that was...
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