August 6th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The only release of note from the UK on Friday was services PMI which had been expected to dip to 54.7 from the previous month’s eight-month high of 55.1....
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August 6th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
After what was a quiet Thursday, the eurozone’s economic data schedule was much busier on Friday. Composite and services PMI from Germany and the eurozone was...
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August 6th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The most watched data release on the monthly calendar, US non-farm payrolls, caused the dollar to lose ground against a basket of currencies on Friday afternoon. A...
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August 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The headlines were understandably dominated by the Bank of England’s interest rate decision yesterday and, as expected, rates were increased by 25 basis points to...
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August 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro had a mixed day on what was a quiet one for economic data. It managed to make some gains against sterling following comments made by Carney which appeared to...
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August 3rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Apple achieved the seemingly unthinkable yesterday by becoming the first US listed company to be worth $1 trillion. Its shares rallied following strong earnings results...
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