December 20th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
The European Union’s Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, yesterday said that the UK cannot have a special deal for the City. He stated that “It was...
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December 19th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
On what was a fairly quiet start to the week, the pound made some gains against the euro and US dollar. As we mentioned yesterday, sterling is performing relatively...
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December 18th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
On Friday we learned that – finally – phase two of the Brexit talks will commence before too long. There is still some confusion as to when this will be, as...
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December 15th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
Sterling has enjoyed a relatively good week and just about maintained its recent gains. It has been a week of Central Bank meetings with no alarms and no surprises –...
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December 14th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
It was a bit of a mixed day for the UK yesterday as we had both good and bad news. First, the bad news. The UK employment total dropped by 56,000 in the three months to...
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December 13th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
Data released yesterday showed that the UK’s inflation rate increased to 3.1% in November from 3% in October. It is the highest rate of inflation since March 2012...
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