July 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Although the Confederation for British Industry’s monthly industrial orders balance fell by two points to 11 in July 2018, it wasn’t as bad as the 9 the markets...
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July 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There was a raft of PMI data from Germany and the eurozone yesterday and the eurozone’s largest economy performed better than expected. July’s composite,...
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July 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The Nasdaq stock index hit a high at the start of trading in New York yesterday, as news that Alphabet shares were expected to jump by 4% filtered through to traders....
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July 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, the new foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Berlin on his first overseas trip since replacing Boris Johnson. He told his German counterpart, Heiko Maas,...
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July 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Ambitious economic projections and the prospect of a full-blown trade war with the US have led to several pieces of disappointing economic data coming from Germany and...
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July 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Donald Trump sent a tweet, all in caps, in the early hours of Monday morning which threatened the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. Somewhat surprisingly, the markets...
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