September 15th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
BoE’s decision to keep interest rates at their current record low of 0.25% wasn’t all that surprising yesterday, especially given the recent performance of the UK...
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September 14th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday saw sterling hovering around the US$1.33 mark as it continued its recent strengthening. That was until the release of UK average weekly earning figures which...
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September 13th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Following a good end to last week for sterling, the run continued into Monday and Tuesday. Inflation figures released yesterday morning confirmed it had jumped to 2.9%...
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September 12th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Sterling continued its good end to last week by making further gains against the US dollar yesterday. Traders were bracing themselves for a busy week of economic data,...
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September 11th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Last Friday, we learned that UK construction output fell by 0.9% in July, the fourth consecutive monthly fall and below the 0.2% slide predicted by economists. On the...
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September 8th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday’s economic news was understandably dominated by the ECB meeting which struck quite a dovish tone throughout. However, there was some good news for the...
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