September 7th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Today marked the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliamentary session. As Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May went head-to-head for the first time since...
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September 6th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The UK service Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to an 11-month low in the month of August, which came below expectations. From a reading of 53.8 in July, this slid...
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September 5th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
As noted yesterday, there is very little key UK economic data or activity to directly impact sterling. This doesn’t mean that we won’t see movement but more likely to...
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September 4th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Sterling finished the week on a relative high, gaining ground against the euro and the US dollar. Very little data out of the UK this week as people return to work and...
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September 1st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday started with a speech by Michael Saunders, a member of the BoE’s MPC. After predicting that inflation would hit 3% in the coming months, Saunders called...
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August 31st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Figures released yesterday showed that UK mortgage approvals were higher than expected in July. There were 65,318 approvals in June which rose to 68,689 in July which...
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