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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK manufacturing PMI rose in January In the UK, the final manufacturing PMI advanced to a level of 50.00 in January, compared to market expectations of an advance to 49.80. In the prior month, the manufacturing PMI had registered a level of […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK number of mortgage approvals for house purchases advanced in December In the UK, number of mortgage approvals for house purchases advanced to a level of 67.24 K in December, compared to a revised reading of 65.51 K in the previous month. […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE kept its key interest rate unchanged and issued a downbeat forecast for the UK economy The BoE, at its latest monetary policy meeting, kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75% and its asset purchase facility at £435.0 billion, as widely […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK house prices advanced more than expected in January In the UK, the seasonally adjusted house prices climbed 0.50% on a MoM basis in January, compared to an advance of 0.10% in the prior month. Markets were expecting house prices to climb […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK CBI distributive trade survey’s retail sales balance remained steady in January In the UK, the CBI distributive trade survey’s retail sales balance remained flat at a level of 0.00% in January, compared to market expectations of a rise to a level […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. German Ifo business climate index surprisingly dropped in January In Germany, the Ifo business climate index unexpectedly fell to a level of 95.90 in January, compared to a level of 96.30 in the prior month. Market anticipation was for the index to […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK manufacturing PMI rose in January In the UK, the preliminary manufacturing PMI advanced to a level of 49.80 in January, compared to market expectations of an advance to a reading of 48.90. In the prior month, the manufacturing PMI had registered […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK public sector net borrowing unexpectedly shows surplus in December In the UK, the public sector net borrowing has unexpectedly reported a surplus of £4.04 billion in December, as compared to a revised surplus of £4.19 billion in the previous month. Market […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK ILO unemployment rate remained steady in the September-November 2019 period In the UK, the ILO unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.80% in the September-November 2019 period, in line with market expectations. Employment in the UK climbed in the September-November 2019 period […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Canadian house price index rose in December In Canada, the house price index rose 0.21% on a MoM basis in December. In the prior month, the index had advanced 0.16%. IMF says that the global economic outlook to “remains sluggish” The IMF, […]