by Christopher Nye | Oct 26, 2018
Mario Draghi used his ECB press conference to warn of financial unease in the event of a no-deal Brexit. One of the most striking points he made concerned the fact that businesses will have to start rolling out their contingency plans if no developments are...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 26, 2018
The pound is having a bit of a miserable time at present, with the prospect of a no-deal Brexit weighing heavily on her. Theresa May is struggling to get her own cabinet to agree to her proposals, which highlights how difficult it will be to get parliament to agree....
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by Charles Purdy | Oct 26, 2018
The European Central Bank did as everyone in the world expected yesterday and left interest rates on hold at 0%. The accompanying press conference was always going to be the main talking point from the meeting and so it proved. President Mario Draghi delivered a...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 25, 2018
Trump spoke to the Wall Street Journal in the early hours of Wednesday morning and once again attacked the Federal Reserve for its interest rate rises. It is odd that the President has repeated his attack (his fourth in recent times by our count), but perhaps he is...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 25, 2018
The fallout from the trade wars has affected the eurozone’s economy, if figures released yesterday are anything to go by. There was a raft of purchasing managers indices from Markit and every single release came in below expectations. In Germany, manufacturing PMI for...
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