October 5th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
There was some rather surprising economic data released in the US yesterday, as non-manufacturing PMI was shown to have come in much stronger than expected. In...
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October 5th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The eurozone continues to grow faster than the UK according to Markit’s release of their composite PMI. From 55.7 in August it jumped to 56.7 in September, which...
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October 5th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The big economic news from the UK yesterday was that Markit’s service sector PMI came in above expectations and provided some cause for optimism following...
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October 4th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
After Monday revealed that factory growth had slowed in September, attention turned to yesterday’s construction sector. Analysts had been expecting a reading of...
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October 4th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Tuesday was a relatively positive day for the euro as it made yet more gains against sterling and some slight gains against the US dollar too. There has been very...
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October 4th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The US dollar made further gains against sterling yesterday on the back of some strong data releases. Expectations of a US interest rate hike by December have also...
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