by Christopher Nye | Feb 14, 2019
Yesterday was inflation day for the UK and US and both readings showed a significant drop in January. First up was the UK’s inflation rate which was expected to drop to 1.9% last month from 2.1% the previous month. However, it actually came in lower than that at 1.8%,...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
Stock markets around the world received a boost yesterday as there have been reports that a US government shutdown deal looks likely to go ahead. There were concerns that Democrats and Republicans could not reach a compromise, but a potential crisis looks to have been...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
It is fair to say that it has been a very quiet start to the week for economic data from the eurozone. However, given how disappointing recent releases have been, perhaps that is just as well. Germany – the eurozone’s largest economy – has been particularly...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
The Governor of the Bank of England delivered a speech at the Barbican in London yesterday, where he described Brexit as an ‘acid test’ of whether politicians are able to achieve a new form of international cooperation at the same time as respecting democratic...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
2019 began in the middle of what eventually became the longest US government shutdown in history. Running from midnight on 22 December 2018 until 25 January 2019, it was the second federal government shutdown during Donald Trump’s tenure. The President’s approval...
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