June 5th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The only release of note from the UK yesterday was construction PMI which came in the same as last month at 52.5. It had actually been expected to decline to 52, but...
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June 5th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
There were no major releases from the eurozone yesterday, but economic data released elsewhere helped the euro make gains against sterling and the dollar. Today is a...
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June 5th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
On a day when Trump took to Twitter to claim that he had the absolute right to pardon himself (but said he wouldn’t because he has done nothing wrong), US factory...
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June 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Sterling had a good end to a very mixed week on Friday, following the release of manufacturing PMI. The figure had been expected to drop to 53.5 in May from 53.9 the...
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June 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
News that the EU will be making a complaint to the WTO about the recent trade tariffs the US has imposed on steel and aluminium imports was hardly surprising, but...
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June 4th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release on Friday was non-farm payrolls which came in much better than expected. Analysts had predicted there would be 189,000 jobs created in May, but the...
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