September 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Friday was quiet for economic data in the UK, although BoE governor Mark Carney did deliver a speech in Dublin. The day before, Carney had talked about how a no-deal...
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September 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro lost some ground against sterling and the dollar on Friday, but the moves weren’t all that significant. The eurozone’s balance of trade figures were...
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September 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The US retail sales figures for August were released on Friday and came in below expectations. New data showed they rose by just 0.1% last month when analysts had...
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September 14th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The main release from the US yesterday was the inflation data for August. It had been expected to fall from 2.9% in July to 2.8%, but it actually came in at 2.7%. As...
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September 14th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
ECB president Mario Draghi is famed for his dovish approach to economic policy; it is entirely possible that by the time he steps down as president, the eurozone won’t...
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September 14th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The Monetary Policy Committee voted 9-0 in favour of keeping interest rates on hold at 0.75% yesterday. It also left its quantitative easing programme unchanged at £435...
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