by Christopher Nye | Jan 15, 2019
It’s official: the current government shutdown is now the longest in history. Now in its 24th day, there is still no clear way out of the mess, as Trump refuses to budge and instead spends his time firing Tweet after Tweet out. On Sunday night, he threatened to...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 15, 2019
Theresa May delivered a speech yesterday that was clearly designed to gather support for her Brexit plans. After No 10 released letters between the Prime Minister, Tusk and Juncker, she spoke about Brexit and how, if her Brexit deal is rejected, no Brexit would become...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 15, 2019
Today is the day we have all been waiting for since…well, 10 December 2018, when Theresa May delayed the initial Parliament vote on her Brexit deal. Back then, the justification for the delay was that May would have lost the vote by a large margin, but very...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 14, 2019
Inflation in the US dropped to 1.9% in December 2018 from 2.2% in November. It is the lowest inflation rate since August 2017 and is largely down to a fall in the price of fuel. Minutes from the FOMC meeting in December showed that some policymakers were reluctant to...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 14, 2019
The big news from the eurozone on Friday was that Italy could be heading into a recession. Economists at ING said that the Italian economy shared the same difficulties as France and Germany in November, and that the country could be heading into recession. We will...
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