August 2nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Earlier in the day, we saw positive employment figures, with 219,000 workers hired by private businesses in July – much better than the 185,000 the markets had...
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August 1st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Personal income and spending in June came in as expected at 0.4%. Other than that, it was an extremely quiet day for US economic data, but we can expect it to pick up...
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July 31st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a quiet day for US economic data and the dollar slid a little against sterling and the euro because of events elsewhere. The rest of the week is much busier, so...
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July 30th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There was some good news from the US on Friday, as GDP growth for the second quarter of 2018 came in as expected at 4.1%. This was a dramatic improvement on the...
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July 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
If 2017 was the year of the euro then 2018 certainly didn’t start as the year of the dollar. However, for the past few months the dollar has been the most consistent...
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July 26th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The meeting between Trump and Juncker was always likely to steal the headlines, but it appears to have gone well. The two sides have agreed to work together towards...
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