Business confidence surges to a seventeen-month high in April, led by rises in both business prospects and economic optimism according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank.
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One of the thorns in the side of the UK economic growth story, and hence confidence towards the Pound, has been the notable slowdown in UK retail sales growth since December 2017.
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The second round of the French election might not be the ceremonial shoo-in for Emmanuel Macron after all.
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Geopolitical and economic risks are easing and with them the price of gold, say Goldman Sachs, in a recently published note to clients.
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US President Donald Trump has pre-announced a “big tax announcement” for Wednesday and analysts are sceptical it will be as big as the promises made when on the campaign trail.
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More than half of British consumers are actively choosing British companies over foreign counterparts since the triggering of Article 50, a recent survey of consumers has shown.
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Does Macron have the dynamism and wherewithal to really deal a death blow to some of France’s most pressing problems?
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