May Secures Assurances Over Back Stop
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- March 12, 2019
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The future of Britain’s exit from the European Union hung in the balance today as lawmakers are prepared to vote on a divorce deal after Prime Minister Theresa May won last-minute assurances from the European Union. Scrambling to plot an orderly path out of the Brexit maze just days before the United Kingdom is due […]
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18 days to go! Big Week Ahead
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- March 11, 2019
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Theresa May faces another Brexit humiliation after two major euro sceptics warned they would vote down her divorce deal because she had failed to win concessions from the European Union. The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, May is scrambling to secure last-minute changes to an EU exit treaty before […]
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Brexit Talks Breakdown
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- March 8, 2019
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Sterling was higher this morning after falling to a near two-week low yesterday as investors waited for headlines on the progress of Brexit negotiations between the EU and Great Britain. With only a few weeks to go before Britain leaves the EU, officials are at an impasse over the so-called backstop aimed at ensuring that […]
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Pound Stagnates
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- March 6, 2019
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The pound remained stuck near a one-week low this morning with a lack of progress in Brexit talks prompting concern that a vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal could be delayed. Talks between May’s top government lawyer and European Union negotiators to win concessions from the bloc on Brexit ended on Tuesday without agreement […]
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Market Update
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- February 22, 2019
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Sterling consolidated gains this morning and was set to snap a three Sterling consolidated gains on Friday and was set to snap a three-week losing streak as investors eyed last-minute talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union on possible changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The European Union’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said […]
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Hammond Comments Boost Sterling
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- February 21, 2019
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Sterling rose to the day’s high after British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said this morning the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is leading lawmakers to reconsider backing the Brexit deal. British lawmakers could be given a vote on a revised Brexit deal as early as next week as talks with the European Union […]
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Pound Gains
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- February 20, 2019
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Sterling shot past $1.30 on hopes that Prime Minister Theresa May will make progress in seeking changes to her Brexit deal with the European Union, although some traders struggled to explain the size of the move. After edging higher for much of the day, the pound then jumped in late European trading – rising almost […]
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UK Wage Data Strong
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- February 19, 2019
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UK pay growth held at its fastest pace in a decade in late 2018 and job creation remained strong, official figures showed this morning, suggesting the labour market was staying buoyant ahead of Brexit. Total earnings, including bonuses, rose by an annual 3.4 percent in the three months to December, remaining at its fastest pace […]
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UK GDP worst since 2012
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- February 11, 2019
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Britain’s economy slowed as expected in the final three months of last year, pushing growth in 2018 to its weakest in six years, as Brexit worries hammered investment into the UK. Gross domestic product growth in the final quarter of 2018 fell to a quarterly rate of 0.2 percent from 0.6 percent in the previous […]
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BOE sees weakest outlook since 2009
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- February 8, 2019
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The pound has been volatile this week. It fell further yesterday after the BoE kept interest rates on hold and then strengthened when the central bank said rates will rise if an EU divorce deal is done. That was seen as somewhat hawkish a time when other major central banks have said they will hold […]
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