by Christopher Nye | Mar 19, 2019
Just when we thought Brexit couldn’t get more complicated, it did. The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow – always a controversial figure and widely seen as being anti-Brexit – caused genuine shock and outrage from the Government when he banned Theresa May...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 18, 2019
On Friday, new figures from the Federal Reserve showed that US manufacturing has slowed for the second month in a row, dropping by 0.4% in February. This was worse than economists predicted, as they expected a small rise after the decline in January. The dollar headed...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 18, 2019
On Friday afternoon, the euro surged to a ten day high against the dollar following poor US manufacturing data. The annual inflation rate for the euro area was released, coming in at 1.5% as expected. This was slightly above January’s nine month low of 1.4%. This...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 18, 2019
Last week, the pound had its best week since January, strengthening on Friday afternoon. This came as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to convince euro-sceptics to back her deal ahead of a third ‘meaningful’ vote, which is thought to take place this week. Despite...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 18, 2019
The pound is still in a strong position after MPs voted to delay Article 50 last week. The amendment has not yet been approved by EU leaders, however. They are due to meet at the end of this week, and all twenty seven of them will have to concur, in order to approve...
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