by Christopher Nye | Aug 20, 2019
Germany’s Bundesbank’s monthly meeting didn’t make for particularly positive reading yesterday, stating that the EU’s largest economy will likely continue to contract. It pointed to a ‘downturn in industry’ largely due to falling demand from abroad and the return to...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 20, 2019
The pound is down against the euro this morning, and yesterday figures were released showing British households are more and more cautious over major purchases. The HIS Markit Household Finance Index for August showed a three-month low of 43.7, with many pointing to...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 20, 2019
Concerns about the economy are making households more and more cautious, according to the latest IHS Markit figures, showing a three-month low in household confidence. The pound is choppy against the euro this morning, as Brexit uncertainty continues. Boris Johnson...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
Donald Trump has played down worries of a global economic slowdown, stating that America is ‘doing tremendously well…consumers are rich, tax cuts loaded up with money…’ His economic advisor Peter Navarro followed the same line, stating that ‘we’re going to have a...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
It’s been a choppy start to the day for the euro, with concerns over the Italian political crisis weighing down on the single currency. Matteo Salvini has called for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, also his coalition partner, but the date was postponed...
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