December 14th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Yesterday, Trump Tweeted that he never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. The president claimed that because he acted on the ‘advice of counsel’ he is off the...
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December 13th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The stock markets enjoyed a fine day yesterday, initially following reports that China was set to drop its tariffs on American cars from 40% to 15%. However, there was...
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December 12th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
In remarkable scenes yesterday, Trump met with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office and began having a heated argument with them. Pelosi repeatedly asked...
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December 11th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
It was quiet start to the week for US economic data, which was perhaps just as well given what happened in the UK. Still, Trump managed to make headlines again,...
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December 10th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The highlight from the US on Friday was the non-farm payrolls for November, which showed 155,000 jobs were added. This was well below the 200,000 the markets had been...
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December 7th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The main economic data release from yesterday was the US balance of trade figures for October 2018. They showed that the trade deficit widened to $55.5 billion from an...
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