US Jobs Growth Flops

Global markets were dealt a blow last week as the US reported a weak non-farm payroll figure for February. The headline figure fell from an upwardly revised 311,000 in January ...

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March 11, 2019

China Stocks Surge

Chinese stocks rallied last week following encouraging developments in the US-China trade talks. It is expected that the two countries will reconcile their issues, leading to lower tariffs and restrictions, ...

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March 5, 2019

UK Public Finances Boosted

UK Public Finances Boosted There was good news for the chancellor, Philip Hammond, last week as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported the largest January surplus on record, of £14.9bn. ...

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February 27, 2019

UK GDP Disappoints

UK GDP disappoints UK economic growth slowed in Q4 2018 to 0.2%, taking the full year growth to 1.4%. The last time full-year economic growth was this low was in 2012 ...

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February 18, 2019