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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February 14th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The UK inflation rate had been expected to drop to 2.9% in January 2018 from 3% the month before. However, it actually came in higher than forecast and remained 1%...
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February 13th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
On what was a quiet start to an extraordinarily cold week, we learned that UK consumer spending had its first January decline in five years. A survey conducted by Visa...
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February 12th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Last week was another eventful one that continued the volatility that has characterised 2018 up to this point. There were some significant swings between the pound and...
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February 9th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
As expected, the Bank of England voted to keep interest rates on hold yesterday. The vote was unanimous, but the pound rallied following the meeting after the minutes...
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February 8th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
As we said in our Key Dates for Your Diary 2018, one of the things to look out for in the coming days is the German government coalition talks. Chancellor Angela Merkel...
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