by Christopher Nye | Nov 12, 2018
Good morning. Fridays tend to be pretty good as it is, but when the UK economic growth figures come in at a near two-year high, they get even better. Figures released showed that the UK GDP growth rate for the third quarter 2018 was 1.5%. This was in line with...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 9, 2018
Federal Reserve policymakers met last night and announced that interest rates will be kept on hold this time around. They did signal that rates will continue to be hiked gradually which investors took for confirmation that rates will be hiked in December. The dollar...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 9, 2018
There were more worrying signs for the eurozone’s largest economy yesterday, as German exports dropped by 0.8% in September. Balance of trade figures showed that the surplus decreased to €18.4 billion in September from €24.2 billion in the same month a year earlier....
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 9, 2018
With no economic data releases from the UK, attention turned to the European Commission forecasts which included growth expectations for the next couple of years. The UK is expected to be joint bottom next year with Italy, while by 2020 it will be the slowest...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 9, 2018
The European Commission forecasts were published yesterday and made for interesting reading. The latest projections show that Europe’s economy will steadily slow over the next few years, as trade wars, rising geopolitical tensions and higher oil prices exert their...
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