February 15th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The Foreign Secretary was wheeled out yesterday to deliver a speech in which he urged remainers to see the benefits of the UK withdrawing from the European Union....
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February 15th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Figures released yesterday showed that the eurozone’s GDP increased by 2.7% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 to fall in line with expectations. This was...
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February 15th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was difficult to decide what to make of yesterday’s US economic data releases. Retail sales came in some way below expectations (they had been expected to grow...
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February 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The big talking point from yesterday was that the UK inflation rate came in higher than expected at 3%. It had been forecast to drop to 2.9% but it wasn’t to be....
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February 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro’s run continued yesterday which was all the more remarkable given that there were no major economic releases from the eurozone yesterday. The single...
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February 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was sworn in yesterday and, in his opening remarks, he said that the global economy has recovered strongly since the...
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