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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by Christopher Nye | Nov 8, 2018
It was a bit of an odd day in truth and it is likely that both sides of the House will celebrate the victory in some way. The result could certainly have been for Trump and the Republican party and they certainly won’t be happy that the Democrats now control the House...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 8, 2018
As the eurozone’s largest economy, Germany’s economic data is particularly noteworthy and is seen as a pretty good indicator for the eurozone’s performance as a whole. It will therefore be of some concern that the German construction sector contracted in October, with...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 8, 2018
The day was understandably dominated by the US election results, but there was some economic data from the UK in the form of the Halifax house price index. Year-on-year, the figure came in at 1.5% which was higher than the 1.2% the markets had been expecting, but is a...
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