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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK balance of firms reporting total order book above normal unexpectedly rose in February The balance of firms reporting total order book above normal recorded an unexpected rise to 8.00 in February, in the UK, higher than market expectations of a fall […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK Rightmove house price index advanced less than expected in February In February, on a YoY basis, the Rightmove house price index rose 2.30% in the UK, lower than market expectations for an advance of 2.80%. In the previous month, the Rightmove […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. ECB showed no sign of dialling back stimulus The European Central Bank’s (ECB) January meeting minutes showed that policymakers widely agreed to look through the energy-driven recent upturns in headline inflation and sought patience as they judged that the Euro area economy […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Number of unemployment benefits claimants in the UK dropped unexpectedly in January In the UK, number of unemployment benefits claimants registered an unexpected drop of 42.40 K in January, compared to a revised fall of 20.50 K in the previous month. Markets […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK retail price index rose less than expected in January On a YoY basis in the UK, the retail price index advanced 2.60% in January, less than market expectations for a rise of 2.80%. The retail price index had advanced 2.50% in […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. German WPI climbed in January On a monthly basis, the wholesale price index (WPI) advanced 0.80% in January, in Germany. In the previous month, the WPI had risen 1.20%. German WPI climbed in January The WPI recorded a rise of 4.00% on […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK trade deficit narrowed in December Non-EU trade deficit in the UK narrowed to £2.11 billion in December. The UK had posted a revised trade deficit of £2.97 billion in the prior month. UK NIESR estimated GDP climbed in the November-January 2017 […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. German trade surplus narrowed in December Germany has reported the seasonally adjusted trade surplus of €18.70 billion in December, following a revised trade surplus of €22.70 billion in the previous month. Markets were expecting the nation to register a trade surplus of […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK house price balance unexpectedly rose in January House price balance rose unexpectedly to 25.00% in January, in the UK, higher than market expectations of a fall to 22.00%. In the prior month, house price balance had registered a revised reading of […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK Halifax house price index surprisingly dropped in January The Halifax house price index unexpectedly eased 0.90% on a MoM basis in the UK, in January, compared to a revised advance of 1.60% in the previous month. Markets were expecting the Halifax […]