August 2nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
In some ways, the eurozone’s reputation precedes it, as although the manufacturing PMI figure for July climbed to 55.1 from 54.9 the previous month, the reception...
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August 1st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a bit of a mixed day for the eurozone, as we learned that the GDP growth rate for the second quarter of 2018 slowed to 2.1% from 2.2% in the first quarter. The...
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July 31st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a busy day for Europe yesterday, with a raft of different economic data releases from Germany and the eurozone. The headline release was business confidence...
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July 30th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Fears of a trade war with the US have affected the eurozone’s economic data releases recently, as well as business confidence in Germany. While there appears to...
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July 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The ECB kept its policy unchanged yesterday and reiterated its belief that interest rates will remain at their record lows until at least the middle of next year. In...
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July 26th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, the EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom announced that Europe is preparing to impose new tariffs on $20 billion of US imports. The tariffs will only go...
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