28 June 2019 UK Economy: First-quarter Rebound Confirmed by ONS but Deficits Grow amid Brexit Stockpiling

The UK economy roared back to life in the first-quarter after having slowed sharply at the end of last year, the Office for National Statistics confirmed Friday, although other data showed both tra…

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27 June 2019 Johnson’s Broad Appeal Could see him Successfully Revive May’s Dead Deal: Berenberg’s Pickering

Boris Johnson may have the broad political appeal to get the whole of his party to unite behind the existing Withdrawal Agreement in another attempted vote through Parliament, says Callum Pickering…

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27 June 2019 UK GDP Growth Forecast to Fall to 0% in Second Quarter 2019 by PwC

UK economic growth is likely to drop in Q2 2019 and remain highly volatile throughout the rest of the year, according to new analysis by PwC economists.

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20 June 2019 Retail Sales Disappoint, June Washout Means no Big Recovery Likely

UK retail sales declined by 0.5% on a month-on-month basis in May report the ONS, the declines adding to the 0.1% decline seen a month prior.

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19 June 2019 UK Inflation at 2.0%, Unlikely to Bother the Bank of England

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation increased 2.0% year-on-year in May 2019, down from 2.1% in April 2019.

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05 June 2019 ECB Risk Fuelling a Eurozone Housing Bubble

House prices in the Eurozone are dangerously close to forming a bubble, says German lender Commerzbank, and the situation is only likely to get worse.

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05 June 2019 Services PMI Beat will Ease Concerns of a Slowing UK Economy

The UK's dominant services sector expanded in May, easing concerns that then economy was at risk of going into reverse after both the construction and manufacturing sectors shrank last month.

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