Manufacturing

The UK's manufacturing sector contracted in May according to survey data which showed the total volume of new business placed fell for the first time in seven months.

June 3,2019

Trump geopolitics

The trade war is "for many people who are in his administration this is a long, multi-administration battle to put China ‘back in the box'" - Robin Niblett, Chairman of Chatham House.

May 30,2019

Astrologer's guide to the Euro

With traditional analysts enduring less-than-stellar forecasting success, we thought it unfair not to give the stars a shot at predicting the Euro's fortunes in the wake of the looming European Union elections.

May 19,2019

The UK services sector returned to growth last month as activity among companies in the UK's largest economic sector recovered from an earlier trough, according to the latest IHS Markit PMI survey, although it will be a tall order for the economy to better its first-quarter performance. 

May 3,2019

UK manufacturing

UK manufacturers saw the rate of business expansion cool over the course of April as export orders declined and they pulled back on efforts to stockpile goods in case of a 'no deal' Brexit, however firms appear to have become increasingly optimistic on the fortunes coming months will bring.

May 1,2019

UK retail sales

Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey.

April 25,2019

US Federal Reserve

Citibank has come up with a graphic to illustrate where they think major central banks are now positioned on a scale of dovish to hawkish. The graphic below shows the European Central Bank is currently the most dovish and the Norwegian Riksbank the most hawkish.

April 18,2019

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