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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK house price balance dropped in July In the UK, the house price balance eased to 79.00% in July, compared to a revised reading of 82.00% in the prior month. German CPI climbed as expected in July In Germany, the final CPI […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone economic sentiment index unexpectedly dropped in August In the Euro-zone, the economic sentiment index recorded a drop to 42.70 in August, compared to a level of 61.20 in the previous month. Markets were expecting the index to rise to 72.00. German […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK retail sales advanced more than expected in July In the UK, retail sales across all sectors rose 17.00% on a YoY basis in July, compared to an advance of 6.70% in the previous month. Markets were expecting retail sales to record […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK housing prices rose less than expected in July In the UK, housing prices advanced 0.40% on a MoM basis in July, compared to a revised drop of 0.60% in the prior month. Markets were expecting housing prices to record a rise […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE kept its key interest rate unchanged The Bank of England (BoE), in its latest monetary policy meeting, kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.1% and maintained its government bond purchase programme at £875.0 billion. The central bank indicated that it […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK services PMI dropped less than market forecast in July In the UK, the services PMI fell to 59.60 in July, compared to a level of 62.40 in the prior month. Markets were expecting the services PMI to drop to a level […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone PPI climbed less than expected in June In the Euro-zone, the producer price index (PPI) advanced 10.20% on a YoY basis in June, compared to a rise of 9.60% in the previous month. Markets were expecting the PPI to record an […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK manufacturing PMI dropped as expected in July In the UK, the manufacturing PMI fell to 60.40 in July, in line with market expectations and compared to a level of 63.90 in the prior month. Euro-zone manufacturing PMI fell in July In […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone CPI rose more than expected in July In the Euro-zone, the consumer price index (CPI) advanced 2.20% on a YoY basis in July, compared to a rise of 1.90% in the prior month. Markets were expecting the CPI to record an […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK mortgage approvals dropped more than expected in June In the UK, mortgage approvals fell to 81.33 K in June, compared to a revised reading of 86.94 K in the previous month. Markets were expecting mortgage approvals to fall to 86.10 K. […]