December 18th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
Industrial production came in better than expected on Friday as it hit 3.4% on an annual basis (against an expectation of 3%), which was the biggest annual gain for...
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December 18th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
The euro strengthened against the pound on Friday but more or less traded sideways against the dollar. The single currency has had a good 2017 and it could even be...
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December 18th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
Sterling has performed better of late as progress on Brexit negotiations has been achieved. However, it has only moved to the “top” (i.e. strongest level) of its recent...
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December 15th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
The day was understandably dominated by the BoE and ECB interest announcements (although both came in as expected), but the US posted several pieces of positive data....
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December 15th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
On a day where the UK and EU central banks largely did as expected, ECB President Draghi threw a slight curveball when he announced that the Bank had substantially...
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December 15th, 2017
By Kiran Najran
UK retail sales were much better than expected in November with Black Friday sales being hailed as the main driving force behind the positive move. They had been...
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