May 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
On an otherwise quiet day for economic data releases in the UK, the BoE’s Ben Broadbent suggested that UK productivity was menopausal. He was roundly criticised...
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May 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The German and eurozone inflation rates for April were released yesterday and both duly came in as expected. Year-on-year, German inflation dropped from 1.5% to 1.4%,...
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May 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release for the US yesterday was the industrial production figures which showed an increase of 0.7% month-over-month in April 2018. This was better than the...
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May 16th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The main release from the US yesterday was the retail sales figures for April. Sales increased by 0.3% last month which was in line with expectations, but we also saw...
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May 16th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
It was a busy day for the eurozone, with a raft of economic data releases. First up was Germany’s GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2018 which came in...
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May 16th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
Real wages continue to outpace inflation which should leave us all with a little bit more money in our pocket. Excluding bonuses, average earnings increased by 2.9% in...
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