27 June 2018 UK House Price Data Beats Analyst Expectations, but Confirm Entrenched Slowdown is Here to Stay

The latest set of Nationwide house prices showed a rise in residential property prices to the tune of 0.5% on a month-on-month basis in June, beating the consensus forecast for 0.3%.

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26 June 2018 BoE Newbie Haskel Dents the Pound

The newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has given a strong hint he might be inclined to raise interest rates before the year is out, at least if the contents of a speecโ€ฆ

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22 June 2018 Bank of England Accused of Being on Autopilot to Higher Rates and Picking the Wrong Data to Support its Case

The Bank of England's desire to continue raising rates has baffled some economists who say it is picking and choosing data to suit a preset agenda.

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21 June 2018 Latest Public Finance Data Confirms Government NHS Spending Plans Easily Achievable: PwC

Chancellor Hammond can afford to ease off on austerity without endangering his medium-term fiscal targets say PwC.

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11 June 2018 UK Trade Deficit Widens in April as UK-EU Goods Balance Deteriorates

The UK trade defict widenedduring the three months to the end of April as exports from the United Kingdom fell faster than imports, with the UK-EU goods trade balance at the centre of the deterioraโ€ฆ

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08 June 2018 German Economic Data Casts Shadow Over Eurozone Growth Outlook

Germany economic data has underwhelmed in recent weeks, with the latest disappointment coming in the form of April industrial production data, which has dimmed economist hopes of a second-quarter rโ€ฆ

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06 June 2018 The ECB's Message to Italy: No Free-Riders Allowed

Closing the quantitative easing chapter a week after populists come to power in Rome signals the ECB's unwillingness to allow its monetary policy to be taken"taken hostage".

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