by Christopher Nye | Feb 12, 2019
There was more bad news for the UK economy yesterday, as figures releases from the Office for National Statistics showed that GDP contracted by 0.4% in December 2018. Overall growth for 2018 was the weakest since 2012 and the worry is that with less than 50 days to go...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 11, 2019
Just when it looks as if the US and China might actually secure a breakthrough in trade negotiations, Donald Trump has to come along and spoil it. On Thursday, the president was asked whether he would meet the Chinese leader, to which the former reality TV star said...
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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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