June 15th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
After the UK posted strong retail sales data, attention turned to the US to see how theirs compared. In April, sales hit 4.6% which was extremely encouraging, but the...
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June 15th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Interest rates were always expected to be kept on hold this time around and so the main highlight was always going to be the ECB’s announcement on the future of...
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June 15th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
City economists had expected retail sales to increase in May, but only to 2.4% from 1.4% the month before. So it was extremely encouraging when the figures were...
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June 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
After figures released on Tuesday showed that wage growth is slowing, attention turned to yesterday’s inflation rate. City economists had expected inflation to...
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June 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Earlier this week, production figures from the UK were extremely disappointing, so it was always going to be interesting to see how the eurozone fared. From a upwardly...
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June 14th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main highlight of yesterday was the Fed’s interest rate decision. As expected, policymakers voted to hike rates by 25 basis points to 2%. Prior to...
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