by Christopher Nye | Dec 10, 2020
The Prime Minister met with the President of the European Commission yesterday as trade deal negotiations continue. They agreed that a ‘firm decision’ should be made on the future of the talks by Sunday, which gives negotiators just days to iron out key sticking...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 9, 2020
The Prime Minister will meet with European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, this evening in the hope that they can help to push a Brexit trade deal over the line. The pound remains supported by hopes that a deal will be achieved in time and could be...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 9, 2020
The dollar rose slightly yesterday but still remains under pressure as the global outlook continues to improve. The FDA (The Food and Drug Administration) will make a formal decision tomorrow on whether the Pfizer/BioNTech will be rolled out in the US. It published a...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 9, 2020
The euro was given a boost yesterday after economic sentiment figures were more positive than expected. Vaccine hopes boosted Germany’s economic sentiment index by 16 points to 55 in December, easily beating market expectations of 45.5. This means that analysts are...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 9, 2020
An agreement on the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement helped the pound yesterday. This means that the controversial clauses of Internal Market Bill will be dropped, and the two sides have settled on an ‘agreement in principle’ on issues such as border control...
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