by Christopher Nye | Jan 10, 2019
What a difference a couple of months can make. In 2018, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates four times as the US economy proved itself to be in an extended period of rude health. However, sentiment in recent times has been far more dovish, with policymakers...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 10, 2019
Following Tuesday’s extremely disappointing German industrial production figures – and Monday’s factory orders – there was some much-needed positive news from the eurozone yesterday. The latest unemployment figures showed a fall to 7.9% in November 2018...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 10, 2019
There are now fewer than 80 days to go until the UK is set to withdraw from the EU and it is justifiably dominating the headlines, especially given we are now only a few days away from the vote on Theresa May’s Brexit proposals. After Dominic Grieve put forward an...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 10, 2019
It was another day full of Brexit-related drama, beginning with Conservative MP Dominic Grieve putting forward an amendment that was aimed at preventing the government from running down the clock to a no-deal Brexit if Theresa May’s withdrawal proposals were defeated....
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 9, 2019
There were more worrying signs from the eurozone yesterday, as German industrial output unexpectedly fell in November. It is the third consecutive month of declines, with figures showing output at German factories shrank by a whopping 1.9% month-on-month, when an...
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