November 3rd, 2017
By Christopher Nye
The Bank of England did as expected and raised interest rates by 0.25% to half a percent, reversing the decision they made last year following the Brexit vote (which...
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November 2nd, 2017
By Christopher Nye
Better-than-expected UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index data pushed sterling to a four-month high against the euro yesterday. Although it slid back below this...
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November 1st, 2017
By Christopher Nye
There were further signs that the eurozone economy is recovering yesterday, as figures released showed that eurozone GDP grew by 0.6% over the third quarter of 2017. On...
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October 31st, 2017
By Christopher Nye
Sterling climbed against the euro and US dollar yesterday as expectations of a UK interest rate rise on Thursday continued. Indeed, positive consumer spending data from...
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October 30th, 2017
By Christopher Nye
Last Thursday, the European Central Bank reduced their programme of quantitative easing to purchasing €30 billion of new bonds each month from January 2018. This was as...
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