17 September 2020 "Investors Should be Scared" of Fed's "Mouse Trap" says Saxo Bank

Powell's dovish message is bad news for the market says Althea Spinozzi, Fixed Income Specialist at Saxo Bank, who says the Fed is dragging us towards unsustainable levels of corporate debt and eve…

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16 September 2020 Underwhelming U.S. Retail Sales Show Washington’s Boots Too Large For Households to Fill Alone

Retail sales figures underwhelmed for the month of August on Wednesday, casting a shadow over the outlook for recovery in the world’s largest economy after Washington lawmakers’ pre-election politi…

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16 September 2020 Help Out to Eat Out Sends Inflation Plummeting

Falling demand for international travel and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme meant prices in the UK fell 0.4% between July and August, according to the ONS.

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15 September 2020 "Brutal Period of Redundancies" Ahead: Economist Reactions to UK Employment Data

The UK reported better than expected headline employment figures on Tuesday, however economists remain overwhelmingly of the opinion that the labour market will deteriorate significantly into year-…

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14 September 2020 UK has Preordered Five Covid-19 Vaccine Doses per Citizen, Giving the Economy and Pound Sterling a Potential Advantage over Rivals says Deutsche Bank

The UK has preordered enough vaccines to provide five doses per citizen, courtesy of committing orders with six of the leading vaccine developers as the government attempts to hedge its bets.

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14 September 2020 London's Euro Clearing at Risk in Spat Over Internal Markets Bill

The EU is set to delay a decision on allowing City of London clearing houses to continue clearing Euro transactions for EU-based clients due to concern over Britain's plan to breach its Brexit divo…

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11 September 2020 GDP Jumps in July but Full Recovery Only Likely by 2022 says Economist

The latest official economic data from the ONS shows the UK economy grew 6.6% in July, meaning by at this point half the economic output lost during the lockdown had been recovered, and the third q…

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