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Big Tech is continuing on a role

The US economy has delivered strong growth in Q1 with annual GDP growth hitting 3.2% which is well above the expected forecasts with some analysts predicting only 2% growth. These lower growth predictions were due to the long government shut…

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A record 32.7 million people are in work

Against a backdrop of prolonged uncertainty over Brexit, the UK economy still expanded in Q1 by 0.5% as nearly all major sectors added to national GDP growth. UK GDP grew by 2% year-on-year despite the distractions. Business investment has fallen…

German car manufacturing has been hit by lower demand, trade disputes and Brexit unknowns

There are concerns about the growth prospect for the Eurozone as the region delivered a disappointing performance in 2018. The Eurozone ended the year with a GDP growth rate of 1.8% the lowest for 4 years. This was driven by…

Mario where is your big bazooka?

There are concerns that if Europe falls into a recessionary phase, the European Central Bank (ECB) may not have the firepower to support the economy to the extent it may need to. The ECB shut down its QE bond purchasing…

Brexit is not Europe’s main problem

While we in the UK have been obsessing with Brexit, the real concern in Europe goes virtually unreported. The EU has a problem with Italy. Last year there was a standoff between Brussels and Rome over the Italian government’s plans…

Investors are hoping that China will rescue world growth

World markets were uplifted when China officially posted year-on-year growth of 6.4% for Q1 ahead of the expected 6.3%. In March, China saw an 8.5% increase in industrial production and an 8.7% rise in retail sales. This indicates that the…

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China’s pace of technological innovation, international importance and growing economy is hard to stop

The world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on US$ billions worth of one another exported goods over the past year. The US is accusing China of stealing intellectual property from American firms, limiting access to Chinese markets for US…

The Indian general election saw the return of Prime Minister Modi

There have been two major factors aiding emerging markets in recent months. The Chinese stimulus package which has spilled out into greater Asia and that US interest rates have hit a high, stabilising the value of the US$. These factors…

Japan’s growth forecast has been downgraded

Japan is another country to have its growth forecast for 2019 downgraded in recent months.The Japanese economy is now expected to grow by 0.9% this year despite the Bank of Japan (BoJ) on-going fiscal and monetary stimulus programme. Japan’s public…