Following the longest government shutdown in history, Trump is still looking for ways to secure funding to build a border wall. His demands for $5.7 billion are unlikely to be met, especially now that Democrats control Congress, but…
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If further evidence of the economic slowdown in the eurozone was required, then we received it yesterday, with the latest GDP growth rate figures from Italy confirming a technical recession. In the three months to December 2018, the…
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The economic uncertainty that has become a hallmark of Brexit over the past two years continues to affect consumer confidence. In January, UK house prices posted their lowest annual growth rate since February 2013. Last month, prices were…
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Economies across the eurozone have been struggling for a while now and yesterday provided further evidence of its fall from grace, with Italy falling into recession once more. It is the third time in ten years that there…
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Although the longest government shutdown in history has now come to an end, the effects of it are expected to filter through to the US economy over the next few weeks. However, figures released yesterday showed that if…
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On what was an extremely busy day for the eurozone, we saw further evidence that morale across the euro area is sliding. The economic sentiment index dropped to 106.2 in January from 107.4 the previous month and below…
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Attention was understandably focused on Brexit developments (or lack thereof) yesterday, but mortgage approval figures for December were released. They showed that the number of mortgages approved last month dropped to 63,793, which was more-or-less in line with…
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After MPs narrowly voted in favour of the amendment tabled by the senior Conservative Graham Brady, yesterday was yet another hectic day of Brexit-related news. MEPs sat down to debate Brexit, with the European Union’s chief negotiator, Michel…
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