19/05/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data in the week ahead

Last week’s economic data was fairly mixed. The UK fared well; the REC/KPMG retail sales index rose by 4.2% m/m in April; and monthly unemployment data revealed that job creation ...

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May 19, 2014

12/05/2014- Last week’s markets and economic data in the week ahead

Last week was fairly quiet on the economic data front. The UK, the Eurozone and the US all posted strong Services PMI data, with the UK index particularly strong at ...

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May 12, 2014

Infrastructure: Should you be investing?

What is it? Infrastructure includes most large scale physical structures needed for a country to operate, or the services and facilities required for an economy to function. This includes things such as railways, ...

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May 11, 2014

06/05/2014- Key Economic Data in the week ahead

Last week was packed full of important economic data. The UK highlight was Q1 GDP growth which came in at +0.8% quarter-on-quarter, coupled with the fastest annualised growth rate (+3.1%) ...

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May 7, 2014