March 29th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The US GDP growth rate came in better than expected yesterday by posting 2.9% when 2.7% had been forecast by the markets. This is obviously positive news, but it is...
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March 29th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The only release of note in the eurozone yesterday was April’s German Gfk consumer confidence. It is fair to say that there has been rather a lot of economic data...
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March 29th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Distributive Trades Survey is an accurate measure of the UK’s retail sector and yesterday, the survey’s retail...
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March 28th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
As we approach Easter, the end of the month and the end of the quarter, investors indulged in some profit-taking and portfolio managers adjusted their stocks which had...
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March 28th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
On what was a fairly quiet day for UK and US economic data, attention turned to the eurozone which released a raft of relatively underwhelming readings. Eurozone...
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March 28th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Despite yesterday’s losses against the dollar, sterling has been trading near the levels seen before the results of the EU referendum. The pound has clearly been...
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