April 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
UK retail sales in March were extremely disappointing and missed forecast by quite some distance. They had been expected to decline but by nowhere near as much as they...
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April 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a relatively quiet day in the eurozone today, with attention focused on the UK retail sales data. Still, the euro made some gains against sterling although it...
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April 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The 25% tariff on steel and 10% tariff on aluminium that Donald Trump has imposed has led to Russia filing an official complaint to the World Trade Organisation. They...
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April 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
After average earnings in the three months to February overtook inflation for the first time since spring 2017, all eyes were on yesterday’s inflation rate. The...
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April 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
As with the UK, inflation data from the eurozone was released yesterday and came in at 1.3% year-on-year for March 2018. It had been expected to jump to 1.4% from the...
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April 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was extremely quiet for economic data for the US yesterday, as UK inflation data and questions over whether the BoE will increase interest rates in May dominated the...
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