April 30th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The big release from the UK on Friday was the GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2018. Rather alarmingly, the figure came in at 0.1% which is the slowest growth...
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April 30th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
In contrast to the UK, the US GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2018 came in better than expected at 2.3%. The other release of note was the University of...
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April 30th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
On a day dominated by economic data releases from the UK and US, the fact the German unemployment rate slipped to its lowest mark for almost 38 years slipped under the...
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April 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Sterling made some healthy gains against the euro yesterday, as the ECB announced it would be leaving interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future. The pound...
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April 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a day of very few surprises as far as the ECB announcement went. Interest rates were left unchanged by policymakers and they said that this would remain the case...
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April 27th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was another decent day for the dollar, strengthening as it did against the euro. This was more because of data from the eurozone than anything else, but durable...
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