May 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The pound weakened against the euro and dollar yesterday following the release of the UK services PMI data, although it ended up recovering against the greenback....
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May 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release from the eurozone yesterday was the year-on-year inflation reading for April. It was expected to hold steady at 1.3% but it surprisingly fell to 1.2%....
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May 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Trade talks between the US and China began in earnest yesterday and it is fair to say the markets reacted in lukewarm fashion. Nobody is entirely sure which way the...
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May 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The big talking point for the US yesterday was the interest rate announcement. As expected, rates were kept on hold this time around, but the Fed did hint that they...
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May 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
After the release of the disappointing UK manufacturing PMI data on Tuesday, attention turned to the construction sector. In March, it shrank to 47 which was largely a...
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May 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There were several releases from across the eurozone yesterday and it was always going to be fascinating to see how the economy had performed in the first quarter of...
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