June 21st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday’s only real piece of economic data came in the form of the CBI industrial trends orders which smashed forecast. From -3 in May, the orders balance had...
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June 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
As Trump stoked fears over an impending global trade war once more, sterling found itself in the highly undesirable position of hitting a seven-month low against the...
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June 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
On a day when the House of Lords rejected the government’s Brexit bill, we saw further evidence that continuing uncertainty over the UK’s withdrawal from...
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June 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Sterling made some gains against the dollar on Friday, but lost ground against the euro following some significant strengthening the day before. With no major releases...
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June 15th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
City economists had expected retail sales to increase in May, but only to 2.4% from 1.4% the month before. So it was extremely encouraging when the figures were...
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June 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
After figures released on Tuesday showed that wage growth is slowing, attention turned to yesterday’s inflation rate. City economists had expected inflation to...
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