October 1st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro weakened sharply against the dollar and Italian markets fell on Friday as fears over Italy’s deficit plans continued to grow. The Italian government is...
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September 28th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Reports of a fresh row in Italy’s new government weakened the euro at the start of trading yesterday. There is speculation that the Italian government will...
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September 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There were no releases from the eurozone yesterday, which was perhaps just as well given how scene-stealing Brexit and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate...
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September 26th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Somewhat remarkably, the last time the European Central Bank increased interest rates was in 2011, when Jean-Claude Trichet was president. Under Mario Draghi’s...
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September 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release from the eurozone yesterday was the German Ifo business climate survey for September. Although the figure dipped to 103.7 from 103.9 the previous...
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September 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
As attention was firmly trained on the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, Germany and the eurozone posted a raft of purchasing managers’ indices which slipped under the...
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