16/06/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data expected in the week ahead

Last week’s economic data was limited but generally positive. The UK highlight was another set of very strong employment data – job creation over the 3 months to April was ...

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June 17, 2014

09/06/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data expected in the week ahead

Last week’s economic calendar included two highlights. On Thursday the European Central Bank cut its main interest rate to 0.15% (from 0.25%) and its deposit rate to -0.10% (from zero), meaning ...

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June 9, 2014

02/06/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data in the week ahead

Last week’s economic data was fairly mixed but with two negative headline points. The second estimate of US Q1 GDP growth was revised down to an annualised rate of -1.0%, ...

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June 2, 2014

27/05/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data in the week ahead

Stock markets were fairly mixed last week; it would appear that some markets are struggling to make further headway following relatively strong performance of late. The FTSE 100 index retreated ...

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May 27, 2014