February 23rd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The key release from yesterday was the second estimate of the UK GDP growth rate for the fourth quarter of 2017. We learned that Britain’s economy actually grew...
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February 22nd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Figures released yesterday showed that UK unemployment increased to 4.4% in december from 4.3% the month before. It is the first increase for two years and was somewhat...
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February 21st, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The German ZEW economic sentiment index for February was the main release of yesterday and it showed that economic confidence among German investors fell in February....
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February 20th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
The beginning of a new week might well have brought ever-so-slightly lighter skies for those of us up sometime after the crack of dawn, but there was very little to...
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February 19th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
It was a tough end to the week for sterling, which struggled against some disappointing retail sales data. The pound had pushed through $1.41 at the start of the day,...
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