What a difference a couple of months can make. In 2018, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates four times as the US economy proved itself to be in an extended period of rude health. However, sentiment in recent…
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Following Tuesday’s extremely disappointing German industrial production figures - and Monday’s factory orders - there was some much-needed positive news from the eurozone yesterday. The latest unemployment figures showed a fall to 7.9% in November 2018 from a…
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There are now fewer than 80 days to go until the UK is set to withdraw from the EU and it is justifiably dominating the headlines, especially given we are now only a few days away from the…
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It was another day full of Brexit-related drama, beginning with Conservative MP Dominic Grieve putting forward an amendment that was aimed at preventing the government from running down the clock to a no-deal Brexit if Theresa May’s withdrawal…
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There were more worrying signs from the eurozone yesterday, as German industrial output unexpectedly fell in November. It is the third consecutive month of declines, with figures showing output at German factories shrank by a whopping 1.9% month-on-month,…
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Yesterday, Halifax reported that UK house prices unexpectedly jumped by 2.2% in December, which was some rebound from the 1.2% drop in November. The reading lifted annual house price growth to 1.3% in the three months to December,…
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The Dow Jones industrial average started yesterday by jumping almost 300 points at the open. The moves came amid hopes of a trade war breakthrough, brought about by Trump’s Tweet that said talks with China were going very…
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German industrial output surprisingly fell in November to stoke fears of a recession in the eurozone’s largest economy. Output shrank by 1.9% against an expectation of 0.3% growth and the downwardly revised figure of -0.8% the previous month…
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