July 9th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
On Friday, the trade war between the US and China finally began as Trump’s trade tariffs finally came into effect. China retaliated almost immediately to...
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July 6th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
US service sector companies posted their strongest growth in four months yesterday, mainly because of an increase in sales and new orders. US services PMI came in at...
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July 5th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
4 July is Independence Day in the US, so it was quiet for economic data releases. However, we did learn that the trade dispute between the US and China continues to...
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July 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Trump’s refusal to cave in to pressure from the international community over his trade tariffs caused the Asian stock markets to fall to their lowest levels since...
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July 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
While Markit’s manufacturing PMI reading for June pointed to the slowest growth in factory activity for four months, the Institute for Supply Management’s...
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July 2nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
US consumers increased their spending in May, but only marginally. Personal spending grew by 0.2% but this was a fall from 0.5% the month before and below expectations...
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