July 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Although the Confederation for British Industry’s monthly industrial orders balance fell by two points to 11 in July 2018, it wasn’t as bad as the 9 the markets...
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July 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, the new foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Berlin on his first overseas trip since replacing Boris Johnson. He told his German counterpart, Heiko Maas,...
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July 23rd, 2018
By Kiran Najran
On Friday, the pound retraced some of its recent losses against the euro and dollar to end the week on a high. The moves against the dollar came as a result of...
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July 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday’s disappointing UK retail sales capped a miserable end to the week for sterling, which suffered further losses against the euro and dollar. It sank...
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July 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Sterling fell to its lowest mark against the dollar since September 2017 yesterday. The slide came following the news that inflation held steady in June. It had been...
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July 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
On a day when we learned that UK wage growth slipped to 2.5% in the three months to May 2018, we also saw the government defeated on the customs union by Tory rebels....
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