by Christopher Nye | Oct 8, 2018
There was some good news and some bad news for the US on Friday. Non-farm payrolls in September increased by 134,000, which was some way below the 185,000 the markets had been expecting. We did learn that August’s figure had been upwardly revised to 270,000 from...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 6, 2018
The midterm elections are set to take place in America tonight and should give us an idea of what the US public think of Trump’s presidency so far. It is fair to say that former reality television star has divided opinion throughout his tenure and his campaigning for...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 5, 2018
The headline release from the UK yesterday was car sales for September. In August, the reading was a whopping 23.1% which was largely down to savvy individuals who took advantage of some bargains in what is one of the year’s smallest months. With that in mind, a drop...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 5, 2018
UK car sales fell by 20% in September, largely because of new emissions testing regulations. As every single car now has to be tested prior to it being sold, there are bottlenecks at testing sites, which is leading to a drop in availability. That, coupled with...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 5, 2018
The only release of note from the eurozone yesterday was the construction PMI figure from Germany. In August, the figure came in at 51.5 but last month, the reading dropped to 50.2. A slowdown in the pace of housing and commercial activities contributed to the fall,...
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