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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK business barometer recorded a rise in December The business barometer climbed to 39.00 in December, in the UK. In the previous month, the business barometer had registered a level of 32.00. Italian industrial orders unexpectedly fell in October On an annual […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK consumer confidence advanced surprisingly in December The consumer confidence registered an unexpected rise to a level of -7.00 in the UK, in December, compared to a reading of -8.00 in the previous month. Markets were expecting the consumer confidence to record […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK CBI distributive trade survey’s retail sales balance recorded an unexpected rise in December The CBI distributive trade survey’s retail sales balance rose unexpectedly to 35.00% in December, in the UK, compared to market expectations of a fall to a level of […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone labour cost rose in 3Q 2016 In the Euro-zone, labour cost climbed 1.50% in 3Q 2016 on a quarterly basis. Labour cost had advanced 1.00% in the prior quarter. Euro-zone construction output advanced in October On a monthly basis, the seasonally […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK balance of firms reporting total order book above normal climbed surprisingly in December The balance of firms reporting total order book above normal registered an unexpected rise to a level of 0.00 in December, in the UK, compared to a reading […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK claimant count rate remained unchanged in November The claimant count rate remained steady at 2.30% in the UK, in November. Markets were anticipating the claimant count rate to remain unchanged. UK average earnings excluding bonus advanced as expected in the August-October […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK PPI core output remained flat in November On a monthly basis, the non-seasonally adjusted producer price index (PPI) core output remained unchanged in November, in the UK, compared to a revised advance of 0.50% in the previous month. Markets were expecting […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. US budget deficit rose in November Budget deficit in the US widened to $136.65 billion in November, following a budget deficit of $44.20 billion in the previous month. Market anticipation was for the nation to post a budget deficit of $130.00 billion. […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK construction output registered an unexpected rise in October On an annual basis, construction output in the UK recorded an unexpected rise of 0.70% in October, higher than market expectations for a drop of 0.10%. Construction output had recorded a revised rise […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. ECB held rates, revamps asset-purchase programme The ECB, at its latest monetary policy meeting, announced a continuation of the bank’s asset-buying programme. However, a reduced pace of purchases is set to start from April next year. The current asset purchases of €80 […]