by Jonathan Cook | Apr 5, 2024
Yesterday’s labour figures were the perfect amuse bouche for Friday’s non-farm payrolls. Economists expect that figure to have fallen significantly in March, an outcome that would add more fuel to the rate cut flames. EUR/USD: the past year 1 Min 5 Min 1 Hr 1 Day 1 Wk...
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by Jonathan Cook | Apr 5, 2024
Good news for anyone looking to buy a holiday home in Europe. European house prices fell in the final months of last year, but it was not an even shift. Prices fell in Northern and Central European nations while climbing in parts of the South, so you might want to...
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by Jonathan Cook | Apr 5, 2024
The UK’s dominant services sector can’t be expected to carry the team all the time. The S&P services PMI dipped slightly in March, as did the composite index. The slowdown will be a worry for the wider economy, but the UK may need to look to broaden its economic...
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by Jonathan Cook | Apr 5, 2024
The pound cemented Wednesday’s gains against the US dollar yesterday and GBP/USD climbed to its highest level in around two weeks. Sterling found less traction against the euro, which also gained on the dollar by around 0.35%. Wednesday’s US services PMI data...
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by Jonathan Cook | Apr 4, 2024
The US private sector gained the highest number of jobs since July in March, signalling a booming labour landscape. 184,000 jobs were added in all, but most worrying of all for the Fed may be the fact that wage growth for job-changers rose from 7.6% in February to 10%...
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