by Christopher Nye | Feb 21, 2019
The only release of note from the eurozone yesterday was the flash consumer confidence reading for February. Last time around, the figure came in at a disappointing -7.9 and the markets had been expecting a very slight increase to -7.8. However, the figure actually...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 21, 2019
(Former) Conservative MPs Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen resigned from the Tory party yesterday to join forces with the seven (former) Labour MPs in the newly formed Independent Group. All ten are refusing to hold by-elections to see if the people who...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 21, 2019
Just two days after seven MPs resigned from the Labour party, three Tory MPs followed suit to join the newly formed Independent Group. Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen all gave slightly different reasons for leaving the Conservative party. Allen criticised...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 20, 2019
With no major economic data releases on yesterday’s schedule, the stock markets understandably dominated headlines from across the pond. The S&P 500 lost 7.5 points at the opening bell, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped by 44 points. The tech-heavy...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 20, 2019
Germany has been struggling so much of late that the eurozone’s largest economy must be thankful for small mercies. So it will be faintly pleasing that the latest Germany ZEW economic sentiment index reading beat expectations. In February, the figure rose by 1.6...
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