The highlight from the eurozone last week was the European Commission’s forecasts which predicted there would be a slowdown in growth across the eurozone over the next couple of years. Trade wars, rising geopolitical tensions and higher oil…
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The headline release on Friday was the UK GDP growth rate for the third quarter of 2018 which came in as expected at 1.5%. On a quarterly basis, the figure came in at 0.6% from 0.4% the previous…
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Good morning. Fridays tend to be pretty good as it is, but when the UK economic growth figures come in at a near two-year high, they get even better. Figures released showed that the UK GDP growth rate…
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Federal Reserve policymakers met last night and announced that interest rates will be kept on hold this time around. They did signal that rates will continue to be hiked gradually which investors took for confirmation that rates will…
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There were more worrying signs for the eurozone’s largest economy yesterday, as German exports dropped by 0.8% in September. Balance of trade figures showed that the surplus decreased to €18.4 billion in September from €24.2 billion in the…
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With no economic data releases from the UK, attention turned to the European Commission forecasts which included growth expectations for the next couple of years. The UK is expected to be joint bottom next year with Italy, while…
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The European Commission forecasts were published yesterday and made for interesting reading. The latest projections show that Europe’s economy will steadily slow over the next few years, as trade wars, rising geopolitical tensions and higher oil prices exert…
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It was a bit of an odd day in truth and it is likely that both sides of the House will celebrate the victory in some way. The result could certainly have been for Trump and the Republican…
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