September 21st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Amidst continuing Brexit uncertainty, there was some extremely positive news from the UK yesterday in the form of retail sales. Analysts had predicted that sales would...
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September 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
UK inflation hit 2.7% in August to defy expectations and reach its highest level for six months. It effectively means that all of us are poorer – and it will be hoped...
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September 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, a rightwing think tank unveiled a radical plan for a UK-US Brexit trade deal which would mean the NHS was open to foreign competition. Meanwhile, Jaguar Land...
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September 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Even as expectations that the UK will agree a deal with the EU increase, we are still hearing of more and more negative impacts of crashing out of the EU without one....
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September 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Friday was quiet for economic data in the UK, although BoE governor Mark Carney did deliver a speech in Dublin. The day before, Carney had talked about how a no-deal...
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September 14th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The Monetary Policy Committee voted 9-0 in favour of keeping interest rates on hold at 0.75% yesterday. It also left its quantitative easing programme unchanged at £435...
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