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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE kept its key interest rate steady The Bank of England (BoE), at its December monetary policy meeting, opted to keep the benchmark interest rate steady at 0.75% and its asset purchase facility at £435.0 billion. However, the central bank lowered the […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK CPI advanced as expected in November In the UK, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.20% on a monthly basis in November, at par with market expectations. The CPI had climbed 0.10% in the previous month. UK house price index advanced […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. German Ifo current assessment index declined in December The Ifo current assessment index in Germany recorded a drop to a level of 104.70 in December, lower than market expectations of a fall to a reading of 105.00. The index had registered a […]

Guardian Stockbrokers Key Economic News Tuesday 18 December 2018 The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone CPI fell as expected in November The consumer price index (CPI) in the Euro-zone dropped 0.20% on a monthly basis, in November, meeting market expectations. In the prior month, the CPI had […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone manufacturing PMI surprisingly slid in December The flash manufacturing PMI in the Euro-zone unexpectedly eased to a level of 51.40 in December, compared to a reading of 51.80 in the previous month. Markets were expecting the index to record a steady […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. ECB kept its key interest rate steady The ECB, at its December monetary policy meeting, maintained its key interest rate at 0.00%, at par with market expectations. Furthermore, the central bank formally announced the end of its multi-trillion bond-buying programme by December […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK house price balance unexpectedly dropped in November House price balance in the UK registered an unexpected drop to 11.00% in November, compared to a revised reading of 10.00% in the previous month. Markets were anticipating house price balance to record a […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK ILO unemployment rate steadied in the August-October 2018 period In the UK, the ILO unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.10% in the August-October 2018 period. Markets were expecting the ILO unemployment rate to record a steady reading. UK average earnings excluding […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK manufacturing production unexpectedly fell in October On a monthly basis, manufacturing production in the UK unexpectedly fell 0.90% in October, compared to an advance of 0.20% in the prior month. Markets were anticipating manufacturing production to remain unchanged. UK total trade […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone GDP rose as expected in 3Q 2018 In 3Q 2018, on an annual basis, the seasonally adjusted final gross domestic product (GDP) in the Euro-zone advanced 1.70%, compared to a revised rise of 2.20% in the prior quarter. Markets were expecting […]