August 2nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The headline release from the UK yesterday was the Markit manufacturing PMI for July which came in below expectations of 54.2. It had been expected to dip from an...
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August 1st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The only release of note from the UK yesterday was the Gfk consumer confidence which was expected to hold steady at -9 but actually dipped to -10 in July. British...
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July 31st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Figures released from the Bank of England yesterday showed that UK mortgage approvals rose to 65,619 in June from 64,684 the month before. It was slightly higher than...
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July 30th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Friday was quiet for UK economic data and it was always going to be quiet politically, as MPs are now on their summer break for six weeks. However, the end of last week...
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July 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There were no major economic data releases from the UK yesterday, so any sterling movements were likely to come from events elsewhere or continued Brexit uncertainty....
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July 26th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Economic data was a little mixed yesterday, as although UK finance mortgage approvals came in better than expected, they still showed a slowdown of 0.9% compared with...
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