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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by Christopher Nye | Dec 10, 2018
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a staunchly Catholic conservative career politician, was elected leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats on Friday. As the successor of Angela Merkel, Kramp-Karrenbauer is widely tipped to become the next German chancellor, although that is...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 10, 2018
The Halifax house price index for November was released on Friday morning and both the monthly and annual readings came in well below expectations. Month-over-month, prices grew by 0.3% from 1.5% the month before, against an expectation of 1%, while the year-on-year...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 10, 2018
It was a busy end to the week on Friday, with many surprises throughout the day. However, before we get onto the economic data events, we wanted to remind you, that unless No 10 decides to delay, tomorrow is the day of the meaningful vote, where MPs will decide...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 7, 2018
The main economic data release from yesterday was the US balance of trade figures for October 2018. They showed that the trade deficit widened to $55.5 billion from an upwardly revised $54.6 billion the previous month and above market expectations of a $54.9 billion...
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