by Christopher Nye | Feb 11, 2019
The main release from the eurozone on Friday was the balance of trade figures from Germany in December. Figures released showed the trade surplus sharply decrease to €13.9 billion from €18.4 billion in November. This was largely brought about through a sharp decline...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 11, 2019
Any possibility of securing Labour’s support for the next Parliamentary vote vanished into thin air over the weekend, as Theresa May rejected Corbyn’s customs union plan. While it would almost certainly have passed through the Commons, May believes it would have split...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 11, 2019
Over the weekend, Theresa May confirmed that she has ruled out Jeremy Corbyn’s customs union plan. Instead, the Prime Minister has offered a concession on environmental and workers’ rights, but this is unlikely to be enough to gain the backing of the Labour Party. It...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 8, 2019
Yesterday, House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said that there will not be another government shutdown over Trump’s demands for border wall funding. She said that the longest shutdown in history which recently came to an end, was so unpopular that Republicans would not be...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 8, 2019
Following rafts of disappointing data from the back-end of 2018 and into the new year, the European Commission has downgraded its growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020. It now expects the eurozone to grow by just 1.3% this year, down from a previous forecast of 1.9%. The...
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