October 19th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
It wasn’t quite the record low some were expecting, but initial jobless claims in the US still hit an impressive figure in the week up to 13 October 2018. The number of...
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October 19th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Given everything that was happening with Brexit yesterday, it’s perhaps just as well that there weren’t any major economic data releases from the eurozone. We did...
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October 19th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
We don’t know what is happening with Brexit at present and it appears that those in charge don’t either. Take yesterday for example – Theresa May highlighted the...
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October 18th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The dollar enjoy a decent day against sterling following the release of UK inflation data. Closer to home, the number of new housing projects dropped by 5.3% in...
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October 18th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
As expected, inflation climbed to 2.1% in September from 2% in the previous period. This will not be a worry as it is so close to the European Central Bank’s...
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October 18th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
It has been a fairly positive week for UK economic data this week – at least as far as UK household finances are concerned. Earlier in the week, we saw average...
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