May 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The big release from the UK yesterday was the retail sales figures for April. Month-over-month, they increased by some 1.6%, easily beating market expectations of a...
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May 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro had a decent day against the dollar yesterday but it is still some way below what it was just ten days ago. What was such a promising start to the year for the...
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May 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Trump cancelled the North Korea summit yesterday, citing ‘tremendous anger and open hostility’ shown by North Korea. They had called Mike Pence a ‘political dummy’...
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May 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The minutes from the FOMC meeting were released yesterday evening and showed that most officials are minded to increase interest rates soon. That points to a June rate...
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May 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release of yesterday was the UK inflation figure for April which unexpectedly fell to 2.4%. It is the lowest figure for more than a year and raises some...
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May 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was PMI day in Germany and the eurozone and the figures served up further disappointment. With the exception of services PMI in Germany, all readings had been...
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