23 August 2023 British Pound Swamped as Services Sector Softens in Latest Surveys

Pound Sterling exchange rates fell widely in midweek trade after respondents to S&P Global surveys cited high interest rates and other headwinds for an August softening of business conditions i…

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25 May 2022 UK Economy Surveys “Kibosh” Market’s Bank Rate Outlook, Pantheon Says

The UK economy underperformed many forecasters' expectations already during the opening quarter but the outlook for it darkened further this week and may mean the Bank of England (BoE) is more apt …

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03 May 2019 UK Services Sector Returned to Growth in April but Economists say PMI Surveys are Underestimating the Expansion

The UK services sector returned to growth last month as activity among companies in the UK's largest economic sector recovered from an earlier trough, according to the latest IHS Markit PMI su…

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03 April 2019 UK Economy Seen at Stall Speed Again in First-quarter after Services PMI Shock

The UK economy is likely to have stalled in the first quarter if Wednesday's IHS Markit services PMI is anything to go by, according to Capital Economics, as the sharp slowdown observed in the UK's…

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05 November 2018 British Pound Shrugs Off Disappointing Services Industry Data as Markets Eye Brexit Deal

The Pound pared earlier gains during the opening session of the week after IHS Markit data appeared to show activity within the U.K.'s largest economic sector cooling at the beginning of …

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03 October 2018 September Services PMI Misses the Mark

The latest IHS Markit services PMI marks a duo of disappointments for the U.K. this week, although markets were largely unmoved by the result as the Brexit negotiations and ongoing Conser…

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05 September 2018 Relief for Sterling as Services PMI Beat Expectations

The Pound shrugged off a surprisingly strong increase in the IHS Markit services PMI for August, which pointed to robust growth in the UK's largest economic sector, as uncertainty over th…

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