23 August 2022 UK Economy Grew in August, But Looks Set to Contract Soon According to PMIs

The UK economy expanded in August, according to a much-watched survey of activity.

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19 August 2022 Retail Sales in Surprise Rise, but Consumer Confidence Plummets to 50-year Low

Despite surging inflation, UK retail sales surprised by growing in July, although a much-watched measure of consumer confidence plummeted to an all time low.

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18 August 2022 European Central Bank Looking Through Eye of Energy Supply Storm 

The European Central Bank may be set to remain on its current hawkish interest rate course even as the common currency economic area enters the eye of an energy supply storm this winter if the late…

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18 August 2022 Bank of England Faces Huge Challenge as Markets Demand it Must Now Hike More than Any Other Central Bank

The Bank of England must hike more than any other G10 central bank over the remainder of 2022 if it is to satisfy market expectations.

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18 August 2022 Signs of Progress in U.S. Inflation Fightback Yet to Deter Hawkish Fed 

Multiple pieces of recent economic data have offered early signs that U.S. inflation pressures may be moderating but minutes of July’s Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting make clear that these …

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17 August 2022 Hedge Demand to Keep Gold Prices Underpinned says Crédit Agricole, WGC

New institutional analysis finds the gold price is likely to be supported by ongoing hedge demand by investors, and a new medium-term technical analysis says a return to $1835 cannot be ruled out.

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15 August 2022 Collapse in Empire State Index: "Startlingly Terrible, but Scarcely Believable"

"In one line: Startlingly terrible, but scarcely believable" - Pantheon Macroeconomics.

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