Traders

The U.S. stock market rebounded over the new year after plunging for most of the final quarter of 2018, but this recovery will not last, says one analyst who correctly predicted the start of the original decline in October.

January 3,2019

Manufacturing

UK manufacturing PMI for December read at above-consensus levels thanks to stronger inflows of new business and a solid increase in stocks of purchases.

January 2,2019

The public finances improved notably in November but the economy is still on course to slow again for the 2018 year, according to economists.

December 21,2018

The labour market remained in rude health during October, keeping the unemployment rate close to a multi-decade low and helping to lift the rate of wage growth to its highest level since April 2010.

December 11,2018

The UK trade in goods deficit widened further than was expected in October as imports continued to grow faster than exports, suggesting 'net trade' made little contribution to GDP at the beginning of the final quarter. 

December 10,2018

Services sector

The IHS Markit Service PMI for November read at 50.4; a few ticks away from the 50 figure that marks the watershed between expansion and contraction.

December 5,2018

The UK construction industry made a solid start to the final quarter of the year, according to November's IHS Markit construction PMI, suggesting the sector is coping well with an increasing level of uncertainty over the path toward Brexit.

December 4,2018

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