Strong employment figures gave the pound a lift yesterday, as in-work figures rose by 208,000 in the three months to November.
The eurozone also had some good data releases, and economic sentiment came in much better than expected. This was, however, countered by worse-than-forecast Spanish industrial figures.
Although Macron and Trump appeared to have reached something of a truce on tariffs, the US President hinted at the World Economic Forum that he could still impose tariffs on EU cars.
There’s a lot of uncertainty in the air, and something as small as a hint of a tariff can cause the markets to move. Find out what the major banks are predicting for the coming 12 months, and how to plan accordingly, in our latest quarterly forecasts.
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