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Busy trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange
2 January 2018

Is this an end to the raging bull?

The debate as to whether we are coming to an end of the long running bull market is raging. The US economic improvement has run for longer than the average post war upturn. After 18 months of ever improving data…

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May
31 December 2017

A €50bn divorce bill?

It is becoming clear that in order for the UK to secure a favourable trade deal the EU want the UK to pay out a €50bn divorce bill. The EU needs this money as the loss of Britain’s contribution will…

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Bank of England
31 December 2017

The possible impact of a No Deal

The Bank of England has recently stated that up to 75,000 high end jobs could be lost in the financial service sector following Britain’s departure from the EU. This assumes that no special deal is made over EU passporting rights…

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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond
31 December 2017

The UK economy is slowing but still doing well

While the UK economy is still doing well we have fallen down the G20 growth league as others have caught up. The UK is growing at a rate that could be reasonably expected. The National Institute of Economic and Social…

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Mark Carney Governor of the Bank of England
28 December 2017

We are still waiting for wages to rise

The number of people out of work fell to 1.4 million in Q3 leaving the jobless rate at 4.3%. UK unemployment is at a 42 year low and may fall further. There are 32.1 million people in work in the…

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London city skyline UK
28 December 2017

The All Property Index yield remains at 5.1%

Despite Brexit uncertainty, the UK commercial real estate market has continued to behave in line with long term trends. Asian investors accounted for the majority of oversea investors but American and German investors were also active. A weaker economic environment…

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European Central Bank
28 December 2017

European growth exceeds the UK

The Eurozone grew by 0.6% in Q3 of 2017 which was above analysts’ expectations. The annual growth rate has been 2.5% while European unemployment stands at 8.9% which is the lowest for nine years. European inflation however fell to 1.4%…

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samsung phone
28 December 2017

Asian stock market growth has impressed

Asian stock markets have had a good year supported by renewed activity from China. Stock markets in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan and Indonesia have through strong corporate profits, increased economic stimulus, growth in demand and consumption hit…

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