by Kiran Najran | Dec 11, 2018
It was quiet start to the week for US economic data, which was perhaps just as well given what happened in the UK. Still, Trump managed to make headlines again, bizarrely claiming that Democrats can’t find a smocking gun on his Twitter. I think we can file this Tweet...
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by Kiran Najran | Dec 11, 2018
On a day dominated by Theresa May’s decision to delay the meaningful vote, the European court of justice ruled that the UK can unilaterally stop the Brexit process. The court concluded that any EU member state can revoke an article 50 process without needing approval...
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by Kiran Najran | Dec 11, 2018
Theresa May delayed the meaningful vote yesterday after conceding that she would have lost it by a large margin. The opposition to the Irish backstop proposals meant that the prime minister has deferred to vote and will not proceed ‘at this time’. No details were...
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by Kiran Najran | Dec 11, 2018
Michael Gove was 100% wrong when he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the meaningful vote was ‘definitely, 100%’ going to happen. Around midday, reports came through that the Brexit vote was going to be pulled, although we had to wait until shortly after 3:30pm...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 10, 2018
The highlight from the US on Friday was the non-farm payrolls for November, which showed 155,000 jobs were added. This was well below the 200,000 the markets had been expecting and, while job growth remains strong, it is possible it has peaked. It is worth bearing in...
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