Theresa May Resigns

Last Friday saw the Prime Minister finally give into pressure and announce her resignation. Shortly after declaring that there would be a fourth vote on her deal, and a second ...

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May 28, 2019

UK Unemployment Falls

Last week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released UK labour market data for the first quarter of 2019. The figures showed that employment increased over the quarter to March, ...

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May 20, 2019

US-China Trade War Tensions

Donald Trump followed through on his threat last week and increased tariffs on Chinese imports into the US. Tariffs were raised from 10% to 25% on $200bn of goods with ...

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May 13, 2019

US Jobs Surge

Last week US non-farm payrolls rose 263,000, comfortably above market forecasts of 190,000 and ahead of previous months. The tightness in the labour market also continued to drive wage growth, ...

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May 8, 2019