September 1st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The dollar strengthened against the pound yesterday following comments from the BoE’s MPC member Michael Saunders. His insistence that UK interest rates needed to...
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September 1st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Figures released yesterday showed that unemployment in the eurozone held steady at 9.1% in July, which is the lowest it has been since February 2009. The number of...
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September 1st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday started with a speech by Michael Saunders, a member of the BoE’s MPC. After predicting that inflation would hit 3% in the coming months, Saunders called...
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August 31st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Figures released yesterday showed that UK mortgage approvals were higher than expected in July. There were 65,318 approvals in June which rose to 68,689 in July which...
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August 31st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Moody’s began yesterday by raising its growth forecasts for France, Germany and Italy, and suggested that the eurozone can expect to grow ‘above potential’...
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August 31st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Although tropical storm Harvey continues to wreak havoc across the US, the economic impact of it will not be felt until the September figures at the earliest. It was...
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