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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by Christopher Nye | Feb 8, 2019
The Bank of England announced its interest rate decision yesterday and, unsurprisingly, they were kept on hold this time around. What made for more interesting reading, were the minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee meeting and subsequent press conference. The...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 8, 2019
With fewer than 50 days until the UK is set to withdraw from the European Union, the Confederation of British Industry has issued a warning that UK exporters risk being locked out of harbours around the world in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Many exporters will be...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 7, 2019
America’s trade deficit with the rest of the world narrowed to $49.3 billion in November. That is down from $55.7 billion the previous month and much better than the $54 billion gap the markets had been expecting. It is the lowest deficit in five months and was...
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