August 8th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The Halifax house price index showed that the price of households increased by 1.4% in July which was better than expected. The markets had been expecting an increase...
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August 8th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Following Monday’s extremely disappointing German factory orders release, all eyes were on industrial production yesterday. The markets had expected a drop of...
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August 8th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Donald Trump took to Twitter (where else?) to tell the rest of the world that anybody trading with Iran will not be trading with the US. The president of the United...
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August 7th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The pound fell to another fresh low following continuing Brexit fears. Comments made by Fox over the weekend suggested that it was now more likely than not that the UK...
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August 7th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
German factory orders dropped by 4% in June 2018, which was far worse than the 0.4% the markets had been expecting. It is the steepest decline in factory orders since...
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August 7th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Brexit fears are bad for sterling but good for the dollar, which continues to climb higher against the pound. Yesterday the greenback hit its highest mark for almost a...
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