03 May 2019 UK Services Sector Returned to Growth in April but Economists say PMI Surveys are Underestimating the Expansion

The UK services sector returned to growth last month as activity among companies in the UK's largest economic sector recovered from an earlier trough, according to the latest IHS Markit PMI su…

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01 May 2019 Manufacturing PMI: Expansion Cools, but Firms Optimistic on the Outlook

UK manufacturers saw the rate of business expansion cool over the course of April as export orders declined and they pulled back on efforts to stockpile goods in case of a 'no deal' Brexit, however…

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25 April 2019 UK Consumers Opening their Wallets Again: Latest CBI Retail Survey

Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey.

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18 April 2019 Dove / Hawk Scale: Where Central Banks are Likely to Move and Implications for Currencies

Citibank has come up with a graphic to illustrate where they think major central banks are now positioned on a scale of dovish to hawkish. The graphic below shows the European Central Bank is curre…

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10 April 2019 UK Economy On Track for Solid First Quarter after Holding January's Explosive Gains Through February

The UK economy could be on course for its best quarter since before the Brexit referendum of 2016 after explosive gains in GDP seen during January were extended in the February month, Office for Na…

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05 April 2019 German Manufacturing Production Contracts According to New Data, but Surge in Construction to Keep Economy Supported

German industrial production data reveals a sharp climb in construction activity but manufacturing remains an area of concern.

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03 April 2019 UK Economy Seen at Stall Speed Again in First-quarter after Services PMI Shock

The UK economy is likely to have stalled in the first quarter if Wednesday's IHS Markit services PMI is anything to go by, according to Capital Economics, as the sharp slowdown observed in the UK's…

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