May 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The big release from the UK yesterday was the retail sales figures for April. Month-over-month, they increased by some 1.6%, easily beating market expectations of a...
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May 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release of yesterday was the UK inflation figure for April which unexpectedly fell to 2.4%. It is the lowest figure for more than a year and raises some...
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May 23rd, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Yesterday started with a bang, with BoE policymaker Vlieghe predicting six rate hikes over the course of the next 36 months. It should be noted that Vlieghe is known...
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May 22nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It wasn’t a great start to the week for the pound and it could get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Boris Johnson’s repeated attempts to undermine Theresa...
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May 21st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
On a relatively quiet end to the week for UK economic data, it was Brexit uncertainty that once more came to the fore to exert unwieldy influence on the pound. Rumours...
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May 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Sterling strengthened against the euro again yesterday to make it four consecutive days of gains. However, if we look at the movements in more detail, we can see that...
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