UK Public finances weaken

The UK public sector net borrowing data for July was released last Wednesday, showing that the usual July surplus was lower than last year. Furthermore, while the UK government received ...

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Argentine Assets Selloff

Last week saw the Argentine Peso and the county’s equities sell-off aggressively as the populist Mr Fernandez significantly outperformed the incumbent Macri in the Primary elections. This is the first ...

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German Industrial Output Sinks

Figures out last week showed that industrial output in the Eurozone’s largest economy sank by 1.5% month on month in June, significantly more than the 0.4% contraction predicted by economists. ...

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US-China Trade War Escalates

Last week Donald Trump surprised markets by signalling that the US will increase tariffs on the remaining $300bn of trade between the US and China that does not already have ...

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