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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by Christopher Nye | Oct 25, 2018
Theresa May is stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment, with no apparent way of getting out at present. The Prime Minister cannot get her cabinet to agree to her proposals, so is therefore unlikely to get them through parliament. If she does (one of the...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 25, 2018
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, we saw Trump attack Jerome Powell yet again. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the former reality television star criticised the Federal Reserve for hiking interest rates. He said he was very unhappy with the Fed...
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