19 February 2019 UK Employment and Wages: Solid Data Defy Expectations for a Downturn

The UK labour market appears to be in decent shape with numbers out of the ONS confirming January saw a joint record for the numbers of employed in the UK economy.

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15 February 2019 UK Retail Sales Rebound Rescues Economy from Stall Speed in January

UK retail sales rebounded in January from a steep slump in the final month of 2018, as consumers headed back to the High Street in the New Year, potentially setting the economy up for a recovery of…

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14 February 2019 German GDP Data Proves to be "a Big Stinker" as Europe's Largest Economy Misses Recession by a Whisker

Data out of Germany today confirms Europe's largest economy narrowly avoided falling into a technical recession at the turn of the year, but one economist tells us improvements in performance are l…

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13 February 2019 UK Inflation Fell Below Target in January but the Bank of England Won't be Swayed say Economists

Inflation fell beneath the Bank of Engand (BoE) target in January for the first time in two years, although consumer price pressures are still too high for many economists, who say interest rates w…

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11 February 2019 UK Trade Deficit Widens after Brexit Stock-building Bites, Holds Back Economy 

The goods and services trade deficit widened in the final quarter of the year after stockpiling ahead of the UK's exit from the European Union led to a pick up in imports, which one economist says …

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08 February 2019 Slowing Eurozone Growth Could "Accelerate Steps to Political Integration" in Europe: Morgan Stanley

The European economy’s rate of growth is slowing down, and this will probably drive the Eurozone to integrate more rapidly at a political and fiscal level, says Hans Redeker, global head of foreign…

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07 February 2019 The Turkish Lira and Mexican Peso will Rise this Year says ING’s Krpata

The Turkish Lira and Mexican Peso will rise this year as the U.S. Dollar enters a period of structural decline following an abrupt end to the Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate hiking cycle…

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