by Christopher Nye | Dec 18, 2018
The Senate report on Russian election interference has found that it is still ‘active and ongoing’. Accounts tied to the Internet Research Agency – which has been criminally charged with creating fake accounts to influence the 2016 presidential election in...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 18, 2018
The main release from the eurozone on Monday morning was the inflation figures for November. The reading showed that annual inflation was revised lower to 1.9% last month from a preliminary estimate of 2% and down from 2.2% in October. It is the lowest rate of...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 17, 2018
After recovering some ground on Wednesday and Thursday, the pound dropped back once more against the euro and dollar. The moves came following yet another Brexit blow to Theresa May’s hopes of getting her withdrawal agreement through Parliament. The meaningful vote...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 17, 2018
As with the eurozone, the US released its services and manufacturing PMI for December on Friday. The composite reading dropped to 53.6 this month from 54.7 the previous month, although given any figure above 50.0 shows growth, the sectors are still performing rather...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 17, 2018
On Friday, there was a raft of purchasing managers’ indices from Germany and the eurozone, with the latter readings being particularly disappointing. The composite PMI – which combines the activity of manufacturing and services companies – fell to 51.3 in December...
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