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The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK new car registrations rose in January On an annual basis, new car registrations in the UK registered a rise of 2.90% in January. New car registrations had registered a revised drop of 1.10% in the prior month. UK retail sales across […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. BoE held rates, upgraded UK growth forecast The Bank of England (BoE) held the benchmark interest rate steady at a record low of 0.25% and maintained government bond purchases at £435.0 billion, indicating that it is in no rush to raise interest […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK house prices surprisingly rose in January In January, the seasonally adjusted house prices recorded an unexpected rise of 0.20% in the UK on a MoM basis, higher than market expectations for an unchanged reading. In the prior month, house prices had […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK net lending secured on dwellings advanced more than expected in December In the UK, net lending secured on dwellings rose £3.80 billion in December, more than market expectations for an advance of £3.20 billion. In the previous month, net lending secured […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK consumer confidence climbed surprisingly in January The consumer confidence advanced unexpectedly to -5.00 in January, in the UK, higher than market expectations of a fall to -8.00. In the previous month, the consumer confidence had registered a reading of -7.00. UK […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone three-month average of M3 money supply climbed in the October-December 2016 period On a YoY basis, the three-month average of M3 money supply recorded a rise of 4.80% in the October-December 2016 period, in the Euro-zone. In the September-November 2016 period, […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK balance of firms reporting total order book above normal rose in January In the UK, the balance of firms reporting total order book above normal advanced to 5.00 in January, compared to a level of 0.00 in the previous month. Markets […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK public sector net borrowing reported a deficit in December In the UK, in December, the public sector net borrowing has reported a deficit £6.40 billion, from a revised deficit of £10.80 billion in the prior month. Market expectation was for public […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. Euro-zone consumer confidence index climbed in January In the Euro-zone, the preliminary consumer confidence index recorded a rise to -4.90 in January, compared to market expectations of an advance to a level of -4.80. In the prior month, the consumer confidence index […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK retail sales advanced less than expected in December On a YoY basis, in the UK, retail sales advanced 4.30% in December, compared to a revised rise of 5.70% in the previous month. Markets were expecting retail sales to climb 7.20%. UK […]